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Claudia Cardinale: Italian
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In this 1968 Italian production, Francesco Maselli directs this light-hearted and fast-paced caper comedy with Rock Hudson as New York City police captain Mike Harmon, who becomes involved with sex bomb Esmeralda Marini (Claudia Cardinale). Esmeralda, using the ploy that Harmon was an old friend of her father, convinces him to help her return some hot jewels to their former owners. Soon enough, Harmon and Esmeralda are jetting to Austria, where Harmon disables the victims' home-security system and sneaks the jewels back into their rightful place. But Esmeralda has tricked Harmon into replacing the real gems with fake ones, and now Harmon is a jet-set thief along with Esmeralda. Harmon, having gotten a taste of criminal high life, wants to split fifty-fifty with Esmeralda on the next heist. Esmeralda... wants to call it quits and get married.
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Many of these films ... stand the test of time, and some have been re-issued on DVD, but with one exception, Claudia was not lit and photographed as lovingly as in her Italian films. Compare how Armando Nannuzzi lights her in "Vaghe Stelle Dell'Orsa" (a.k.a. "Sandra, a.k.a. "Of A Thousand Delights") to any of her American films. Only Philip Lathrop in "Don't Make Waves" did justice to her beauty.
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At one point, Claudia married a man named Franco Cristaldi, but their marriage did not work out. In 1975, she fell in love with Pasquale Squitieri, an Italian film director, and they have been living together ever since. They have ... had two children: Patrick and Claudia.
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