Jessica

About Jessica

When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husbands. As the local priest tries to encourage procreation, Jessica falls for a tricky recluse.

Jessica (1962) is a comedy romance film directed by Jean Negulesco and Oreste Palella.

Maurice Chevalier appears as Father Antonio, Angie Dickinson as Jessica Brown Visconti, Noël-Noël as Old Crupi, and Gabriele Ferzetti as Edmondo Raumo. It runs 112 minutes and was released in April 1962.

The screenplay is by Edith R. Sommer. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV in the United States.