Il magnifico cornuto (1964)

Comedy Romance

The Magnificent Cuckold is about a hat tycoon who is ecstatically, if not hungrily, in love with his youthful wife. It is all blissful, that is, until our man, middle-aged and somewhat of a square among his blasé, upper-class friends to whom cuckoldry is a common practice, is seduced by one of them. At this point doubts and suspicions, like conscience, begin to plague him. If he could succumb to extramarital confections, why not his gorgeous mate? Quickly his love for his spouse degenerates beyond obsessive, into the realm of maniacal. He becomes madly concerned that his wife is cheating on him --even though she is not being unfaithful. When he looks at her it becomes obvious to him that she is a very attractive woman. And, all the men around her must be dying to be with her. Gnawed by jealously, he will imagine variations on nabbing her and her lover in flagrante delicto.

Updated May 27 2020

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Runtime: 124 mins Rating: 6.9

Cast

José Luis de Villalonga

Presidente

Claudia Cardinale

Maria Grazia

Gian Maria Volonté

Assessore

Bernard Blier

Mariotti

Paul Guers

Gabriele

Michèle Girardon

Cristiana

Brett Halsey

Maria Grazia's Partner in Nightclub (uncredited)

Ugo Tognazzi

Andrea Artusi