The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The Wayward Wife. Lollobrigida acquits herself quite nicely in the tensely dramatic role of a much-put-upon small-town girl named Cemma. Seduced by a lad who turns out to be a relative, Cemma is tossed out of her home. Seeking security, she impulsively marries bookish science professor Franco Vagnuzzi (Gabriele Ferzetti). Bored by her marriage, Cemma doesn't realize the true value of her loving husband until it's almost too late. The original 118-minute run time was reduced for U.S. release.
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Gina Lollobrigida as Germaine Foresi
Gabriele Ferzetti as Franco Vagnuzzi
Franco Interlenghi as Paolo Sartori
Alda Mangini as Elvira Coceanu
Renato Baldini as Luciano Vittoni - L'amante di Gemma
Marilyn Buferd as Anna Sartori (as Marylin Buferd)
Alfredo Carpegna as Il conte Sartori (uncredited)
Barbara Berg as Vannina
Nanda Primavera as La signora Foresi, madre di Gemma
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