Giovannona Long-Thigh

Giovannona Long-Thigh
Directed by	Sergio Martino
Starring	Edwige Fenech Pippo Franco
Cinematography	Stelvio Massi
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Release date	1973 (1973)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Giovannona Coscialunga disonorata con onore (literally "Joanna Longthigh, honorably dishonored", internationally released as Giovannona Long-Thigh) is a 1973 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Sergio Martino. The film reteams the two main actors of the 1972 film Quel gran pezzo dell'Ubalda tutta nuda e tutta calda and, as with the previous film, it was very successful commercially. The original title reprises Lina Wertmüller's Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore.

Plot

When a newly appointed judge shuts down a cheese factory for pollution violations, its owner, La Noce, bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. He discovers the judge has a liking for other men's wives. La Noce sends his assistant, Albertini, to hire a woman to pretend to be La Noce's wife. Albertini finds Cocò, a virginal-looking prostitute with a dirty mouth. The girl's train ride from Rome to Sicily is filled with mix-ups but they hope that once she's in Sicily, La Noce's plan to compromise the judge will succeed. All the characters come together to create a comedic storyline … La Noce, his real wife, the whore, her pimp, Albertini, the judge, his wife, and his jealous secretary.

Cast

• Edwige Fenech: Giovannona "Cocò" Coscialunga
• Pippo Franco: Ragionier Mario Albertini
• Vittorio Caprioli: Onorevole Pedicò
• Gigi Ballista: Commendatore La Noce
• Riccardo Garrone: Robertuzzo
• Francesca Romana Coluzzi: Mary
• Vincenzo Crocitti: Conducente del treno
• Nello Pazzafini: Franceschino
• Gino Pagnani: Hearse Driver helping Albertini
• Danika La Loggia: Signora La Noce
• Patrizia Adiutori: Luisella

Further reading

• Giuliano Pavone, Giovannona Coscialunga a Cannes: storia e riabilitazione della commedia all'italiana anni '70, Tarab, 1999

External links

• Giovannona Long-Thigh at IMDb