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.
Movie tag line: "The story of an American woman and her abandonment in Rome."
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Character: Karen Stone
Character: Paolo di Leo
Character: Meg
Character: Barbara Bingham
Character: Young Man
Character: Mrs. Jamison-Walker
Character: Lucia
Character: Lloyd Greener
Character: Baron Waldheim
Character: Tailor
Character: Julia Mcllheny
Character: Singer
Character: Bunny
Character: Mrs. Barrow
Character: Campbell Kennedy
Character: Giorgio
Character: Stefano the Barber
Character: Stefano
Character: Mrs. Coogan
Character: Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Character: Tom Stone