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and stars

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, and Suzanne Pleshette.

Plot

After quitting her job as school librarian, Prudence Bell ( Suzanne Pleshette) leaves

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for a vacation in Rome. On the boat over, she befriends Roberto Orlandi (

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), a philandering middle-aged Italian who upon their arrival in Rome introduces her to a countess who rents out rooms in her villa to tourists. Once Prudence settles in, she finds employment at an American bookstore and later encounters handsome architectural student Don Porter (

), one of several Americans also rooming at the villa. Don, who is recovering from a failed relationship with a blonde temptress named Lyda (

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