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Quick Info

Rating

6.8/10

Release1960

Runtime1h 31m

StatusReleased

Budget$151,000

Revenue$8,000,000

Production

MelinaFilm

Lopert Pictures Corporation

Movie

Never on Sunday

1960

1h 31m

6.8

Comedy

Romance

Synopsis

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

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