義大利新寫實主義電影的經典代表作,也是導演維托裏奧享譽最隆的一部電影。 故事背景是二次世界大戰戰後的羅馬,在百廢待興之際,男主角好不容易才找到一份張貼海報的工作,不料第一天上班便被人偷了他工作上必須的腳踏車,於是跟他的小孩子踏破鐵鞋到處找車,最後無可奈何地下手偷別人的車,卻被逮個正著。 全片故事簡單,但拍得有笑有淚,將戰後羅馬的社會面貌鮮活地反映出來。非職業演員的兩父子演得十分生活化,好些場面令人感動得無話可說。除了節奏稍慢之外,本片在半個世紀之後欣賞仍然受得住考驗。
When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without a fight.
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.
A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money. Trouble brews as they learn his mother is coming for a visit and they must transform the house.
Dixie is caught operating a whorehouse, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?