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Overshadowed at the box office by MGM’s other venture into the world of the good-time-girl, Butterfield 8 (1960), under-rated at the time and ever since, this raw slice of emotion delivers on every front and may be even more pertinent today with its unashamed depiction of paternal love. Spoiled brat Nick Stratton (Anthony Franciosca), trying to escape controlling millionaire Greek father Pete (Ernest Borgnine), falls in love with widow Guilietta (Gina Lollobridgida), unaware that she is a high-class hooker, among whose clients number Pete.
Three tales run in parallel – the main love story, Pete’s attempts to drag his son into the family construction business, and the father’s undying love for his son….
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