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Rome Adventure is a american film of genre Drama directed by Delmer Daves released in USA on 21 april 1962 with Troy Donahue
Rome Adventure (1962)
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Add to a movie listRome Adventure, also known as Lovers Must Learn, is a 1962 romantic drama film, based on the 1932 novel Lovers Must Learn by Irving Fineman. It was directed by Delmer Daves and stars Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, and Suzanne Pleshette.
Synopsis
New England librarian Prudence Bell (Suzanne Pleshette) recommended a book, Lovers Must Learn, to one of her students. After defending herself and the book, she resigns telling the school board she's going to Rome where she will be surrounded by people who really know the meaning of love. Sailing from New York she picks the wrong man as a protective consort, providing two potential romantic interests. Albert Stillwell, a student of Etruscan history is a perfect gentlemen, while Roberto Orlandi (Rossano Brazzi) is the perfect mature Roman lover.Actors
Troy Donahue
(Don Porter)
Angie Dickinson
(Lyda Kent)
Rossano Brazzi
(Roberto Orlandi)
Suzanne Pleshette
(Prudence Bell)
Constance Ford
(Daisy Bronson)
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