Two industry managers from Milan are in Rome to get the contract to build a YMCA hostel. They get in touch with a masseuses ring and one of the masseuses is introduced to the president of the catholic association as the wife of one of the managers. During a vice squad roundup, the president is about to be discovered with one of the girls when he dies of a stroke. How will the others try to hide his death?
Em Nápoles, uma voz dos céus anuncia numa manhã que o julgamento final será às 18:00 naquele dia. O que se segue é uma série de histórias retratando as reações de várias pessoas (ou falta dela) ao anúncio. Tem um elenco de estrelas italiana e internacional, incluindo os americanos Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; a grega Melina Mercouri e os franceses Fernandel, Anouk Aimée e Lino Ventura. O filme foi um fracasso enorme, massacrado por críticos e público quando foi lançado. Foi filmado em preto e branco, mas a última sequência, a dança no teatro, é colorida.
Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.
Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.
Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.
