An ambitious Italian attorney has his flight delayed in Los Angeles. The vapid lawyer goes to some parties with some Italians living there and has a brief affair with a beautiful Italian expatriate.
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Enrico Maria Salerno
Vittorio Ciocchetti
Annie Girardot
Gabriella
Renato Salvatori
Mario Scarpelli
Susan Spafford
Kathleen Flanagan
Len Lesser
Lelio Marpicati
Howard E. Koch
Fred Catania
Al
Max Showalter
Paul Prescott
John Phillip Law
Peggy Moffitt
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