Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.

"The story of an American woman and her abandonment in Rome."

Credits

José QuinteroDirector

Vivien LeighKaren Stone

Warren BeattyPaolo di Leo

Lotte LenyaContessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales

Coral BrowneMeg