Enrico Bomba was an Italian film producer, director, and screenwriter active from the late 1940s through the 1970s. He began his career with Herald Pictures in 1949 and later founded his own production company. Bomba directed films such as Prigionieri delle tenebre (1952) and Il ribelle di Castelmonte (1964). He also worked as a producer on projects like Wa Islamah (1961). In the later years of his career, Bomba focused on dubbing, working as a director and dialogue writer.
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Faced with the ruinous prospect of having to pay income tax on $500,000, business executive Frank Pagano decides to invest the money in a project that he believes is doomed to financial ruin: a television pilot film based on the story of Romeo and Juliet. Pagano hires Pandowski, an eccentric disciple of Stanislavski, to direct the film and casts Philippe Fontaine, a faded French actor long forgotten in Hollywood, as Romeo. For the role of Juliet, Pagano hires Angela, a starlet with a voluptuous body but no talent. When the film is finished, Philippe and his ex-wife Louise steal a print and, disguised as nuns, take it to the Venice Film Festival. The film is mistaken for a satire by the festival jury and is awarded the Golden Lion for the best comedy. Fontaine swallows his wounded pride and accepts his new reputation as a comedian. Pagano arrives on the scene and, making the best of the situation, decides to become a film producer.
