L'infermiera (1975)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Nello Rossati

Writers:

Claudia Florio (writer)
Roberto Gianviti (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

September 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Ursula Andress will melt your thermometer

Plot:

As an aging widower begins suffering from heart trouble, his greedy heirs hope to speed him on his way...

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Erotic | Beautiful Woman | Nudity | Female Nudity

Cast

Ursula Andress	...	Anna
Duilio Del Prete	...	Benito Varotto
Mario Pisu	...	Leonida Bottacin
Daniele Vargas	...	Gustavo Scarpa
Carla Romanelli	...	Tosca Floria Zanin
Marina Confalone	...	Italia Varotto
Stefano Sabelli	...	Adone
Luciana Paluzzi	...	Jole Scarpa
Lino Toffolo	...	Giovanni Garbin
Jack Palance	...	Mr. Kitch
Attilio Duse	...	Doctor Pavan

Directed by
Nello Rossati

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claudia Florio		writer
Roberto Gianviti		writer
Nello Rossati		writer
Paolo Vidali		writer

Produced by
Romano Dandi	....	executive producer
Carlo Ponti	....	producer

Original Music by
Gianfranco Plenizio

Cinematography by
Ennio Guarnieri

Film Editing by
Alberto Gallitti

Production Design by
Toni Rossati

Costume Design by
Toni Rossati

Makeup Department
Franco Corridoni	....	makeup artist (as Francesco Corridoni)
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	hair stylist
Giulio Mastrantonio	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paolo Vidali	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Danilo Moroni	....	sound mixer
Alvaro Orsini	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Angelo Pennoni	....	still photographer
Maurizio Scanziani	....	camera operator

Other crew
Claudia Florio	....	script supervisor
Giacomo Longo	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Compagnia Cinematografica Champion

Distributors

• Mid Broadway (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• International Film Distributors (1980) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Interfilm (1975) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Key Video (USA) (VHS)
• NoShame Films (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

I Will If You Will
Nurse Anna (USA) (reissue title)
The Nurse
The Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse (USA)
The Sensuous Nurse

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Venice, Veneto, Italy

Company:

Compagnia Cinematografica Champion

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Keith Richards (#14.1)" (1988)

Erotic comedy treats with two Bond Women

Anna (Ursula Andress) is brought in as an official R.N. by ex-lover Benito Varotto (Duilio Del Prete), ostensibly to nurse an aging widower, Count Leonida Bottacin (Mario Piso), back to health after a heart attack. But Benito is actually leading a group of heirs and businessmen, including American entrepreneur Mr. Kitch (Jack Palance), with ulterior motives, reflected by what Anna hopefully will actually accomplish with the Count. He has a history of, well, liking women, and would be actually a bit more "vulnerable" as he is cured. The bad guys get derailed as Anna does not go along and grows closer to the Count. The ending might be said to be ironic, but it is probably better described as predictable.

But so much for plot--this film is totally an erotic comedy, from start to finish, and oh how good. There are many nude scenes, including ones of Anna and Jole, one of the malevolent heiresses, played by Luciana Paluzzi. Both Ursula and Luciana are noteworthy continental ex-Bond women, and thus fulfill the fantasies of male viewers. As she did in Thunderball (remember Fiona Volpe), Luciana plays a femme fatale, sort of, although less elegantly.

Perhaps the best scene is Anna's (slow) complete strip and jump in bed with the young Adone, the "other patient" (who incredibly is resisting), in an attempt to find out what he knows about the plot. But even at this point she is already two-faced (for the better), for she has decided not to go along. However, Benito is more than a two-timer with women, having had lengthy flings in the past with both Anna and Jole, and the rival best erotic scene follows an invective-filled (to put it mildly) argument between him and Jole. This is a standing-up encounter in which Luciana is down to black panties only. Another nice one is Ursula swimming fully naked in the estate's pool. The Count is free, as the client, to put his hands wherever he wants to on Ursula, and he takes advantage. Hey, somehow I've gone back to the actresses' names in my descriptions. Erotic scenes involving other women include an amusing naked wine cellar chase. "The Sensuous Nurse" is compact, 77 minutes, but it doesn't need to be--it is enjoyable without interruption, start to finish. Definitely recommended.