The Doll That Took the Town (Italian: La donna del giorno, lit. 'The Woman of the Day') is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Maselli and starring Virna Lisi, Haya Harareet and Franco Fabrizi. For this film Maselli won the award for best young director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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Plot
A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.
Cast
Virna Lisi as Liliana
Antonio Cifariello as Giorgio Salustri
Haya Harareet as Anna
Serge Reggiani as Mario Grimaldi
Elisa Cegani as Miss Attenni
Franco Fabrizi as Aldo
Vittorio Sanipoli as Police commissioner
Mario Carotenuto as Editor
Marcello Giorda as Marcello
Camillo Milli as Camillo
Diego Michelotti as Diego
Giulio Paradisi as Giulio
Giuliano Montaldo as Journalist
Peter Van Wood as Himself