My Father's Private Secretary (Italian: La segretaria privata di mio padre) is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti and starring Maria Rosaria Omaggio and Renzo Montagnani.
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Plot
An unfaithful businessman kowtows to his jealous wife by hiring unattractive secretaries, when a newly hired female employee attracts both his son's and his attention.
Cast
Maria Rosaria Omaggio as Luisa
Renzo Montagnani as Armando Ponziani
Stefano Patrizi as Franco Ponziani
Anita Strindberg as Ingrid
Aldo Massasso as Dottor Mingozzi
Rina Franchetti as Domestica
Sophia Lombardo as Olivia
Giuliana Calandra as Ersilia Ponziani
Enzo Cannavale as Giuseppe
Alvaro Vitali as Oscar
Production
The film is a loose remake of Goffredo Alessandrini's Telefoni Bianchi film The Private Secretary.
Release
The film was released in Italian cinemas by Titanus on 26 December 1976.
Reception
In Italy, the film was a hit, grossing over 800 million lira. Corriere della Sera film critic Giovanna Grassi described it as a pochade filled with stereotypes, which "depicts women as prostitutes, nymphomaniacs, or sleazy social climbers, and degrades the Italian man to a macchietta [caricature] of his worst flaws".