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Director: Billy Wilder
Genres: Romantic Comedy, Comedy
Released Date: March 31, 1973 (Italy)
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Summary:
This enchanting yet dark romantic comedy stars Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills as a pair of mismatched lovers helplessly drawn into a series of seemingly hopeless but humorous situations as in Lemmon's The Out-of -Towners two years earlier. Lemmon is Wendell Armbruster Jr., an overbearing American business tycoon forced to travel to the beautiful Italian island of Ischia to ... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Jack Lemmon - (Wendell Armbruster)
Juliet Mills - (Pamela Pigott)
Clive Revill - (Carlo Carlucci)
Edward Andrews - (J.J. Blodgett)
Gianfranco Barra - (Bruno)
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Review:
Overlooked and underrated, Avanti! may be late Billy_Wilder, but it still sports his inimitable touch (even with the uncharacteristically salty language and nudity). Scripted by Wilder and longtime collaborator I.A.L. Diamond, Avanti! covers familiar Wilder/Diamond comic territory with its story of uptight rich American Jack ... Continue >>

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