The screen's obsession with ladies of ill-repute is prolonged in Go Naked in the World, a plodding account of a call-girl's romantic disaster. There are some magnetic personalities in the cast, some flashy melodramatic scenes and a provocative title.

The screen’s obsession with ladies of ill-repute is prolonged in Go Naked in the World, a plodding account of a call-girl’s romantic disaster. There are some magnetic personalities in the cast, some flashy melodramatic scenes and a provocative title.

It is Gina Lollobrigida’s turn to play the trollop with the heart of gold and bank account to match. She shares an ill-fated love affair with Anthony Franciosa, rebellious son of a dominant, self-made construction tycoon (Ernest Borgnine).

Screenplay from the book by Tom T. Chamalese adds a novel twist and a new dimension to the now classic story of hooked and hooker in that father, like son, has shared intimate relations with the girl.

The character Lollobrigida is playing lacks depth. She brings to it her exciting sensual beauty but the character never comes into focus. Franciosa gives an earnest, virile performance, but there are moments when his unrelenting intensity begins to grow disconcerting and uncomfortable for the spectator. Emoting honors belong to Borgnine.

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Go Naked in the World

  • Production: M-G-M/Arcola. Director Ranald MacDougall; Producer Aaron Rosenberg; Screenplay Ranald MacDougall; Camera Milton Krasner; Editor John McSweeney Jr; Music Adolph Deutsch; Art Director George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno
  • Crew: (Color) Widescreen. Extract of a review from 1961. Running time: 103 MIN.
  • With: Gina Lollobrigida Anthony Franciosa Ernest Borgnine Luana Patten Will Kuluva Philip Ober

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