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Ugo Tognazzi is in New York with his scowling boss. He meets up with an old friend who has become an American by marriage; first he wed an older woman, then eventually a young, rich one. Tognazzi takes it into his head he'd like to do that too. A trip to Miami to meet a prospect winds up with him flying to Texas, and then trekking back towards New York across a bewildering cultural landscape.

Tognazzi is excellent in the role, which is played for bittersweet comedy, being rooked by Texans, stealing from a pot dealer, and so forth, sometimes broke, sometimes actually in love, and always encountering women who speak Italian, like Rhonda Fleming, Juliette Prowse, and Sharon Obeck. At first, given his friend's example, he thinks it will be easy. As his journey continues, though he comes to understand that he is not so cynical.

One of the great neglected comedies of all time. Needs to be placed on video and also shown at film festivals. It is a hilarious satire of 1960s USA, as the Italian hero travels to the main regions of USA seeking a wife. Polidoro captures the absurdity of each region, the customs, mores and styles of the time and place.

Ugo Tognazzi, along with many American actresses. It's not a masterpiece, and it's not a comedy, it's a drama. A drama played very naturally by all the actors, either Italian or American. Many scenes seem to be detached from a documentary. Tognazzi is the same as in many other films, natural and efficient. A young and beautiful Marina Vlady laughs all her screen time, even when she should be sober.