Honeymoon Deferred (1951 film)

Honeymoon Deferred (Italian: Due mogli sono troppe) is a 1951 British-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Sally Ann Howes, Griffith Jones, and Kieron Moore.^[1]

Honeymoon Deferred
Directed by	Mario Camerini
Written by	Franco Brusati Mario Camerini Suso Cecchi D'Amico Denis Freeman John Hunter Noel Langley Antonio Pietrangeli
Produced by	John Sutro Joseph Janni
Starring	Sally Ann Howes Griffith Jones Kieron Moore
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull Otello Martelli
Edited by	Adriana Novelli Helga Cranston
Music by	Nino Rota
Production companies	Società Italiana Cines Vic Film
Distributed by	British Lion Films
Release date	18 October 1951 (1951-10-18)
Running time	79 minutes
Countries	Italy United Kingdom
Languages	Italian English

Still from Due mogli sono troppe (1951)

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gianni Polidori and Ivan King. It was partly shot on location in Italy, and was one of two co-productions in Italy that producer Joseph Janni oversaw during the period, along with the melodrama The Glass Mountain (1949).^[1] Separate English- and Italian-language versions were released.

Plot

A British couple honeymooning in Italy plan to visit Rome and take in the opera and the various historical sights of the city. However, after taking the wrong train, they end up in the village where the husband, David, had fought and taken shelter as a British Army officer during the Second World War. Regarded as a hero by the villagers, it soon becomes apparent that one of the local woman is claiming that David has already married her and is the father of her young child named Churchill.

Curiosity

The film was shot almost entirely in Colli a Volturno, in the province of Isernia in Molise even if in fiction the town is called Poppi del Sangro.^[2]

Main cast

• Sally Ann Howes as Katherine Fry
• Griffith Jones as David Fry
• Kieron Moore as Rocco
• Lea Padovani as Rosina Maggini
• Ada Dondini as Mama Pia
• Luigi Moneta as Grandpa Maggini
• David Keir as Professore
• Pietro Meloni as Churchill
• Roger Moore as Ornithologist on a Train