The Mandrake
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lucrezia
Calimaco
il frate
Ligurio
messer Nicia Calpucci
Sostrata
Siro
l'uomo-donna
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Overview
A young man hatches a plan to sleep with another man's infertile wife. Based on the play by Machiavelli.
Release Date
1965-11-18
Average
5.774
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
They go wild about Rosanna Schiaffino
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