Review of The Cricket

This film was released on NTSC VHS videotape in North America by Embassy Home Entertainment in 1984 with the title..... The Cricket...La Cicala ....It had a small distribution in Quebec and the French speaking areas of Eastern Canada and the northeastern USA....There is no DVD version......It was released in Italian Language with English Subtitles.....It is no longer In Print and is rarely seen in French Canadian video stores.....the Ex-Rentals are generally poor quality and and the original tape has often been replaced.....Good luck in finding a good Copy.............Directed by Alberto Lattuada and stars Clio Goldsmith, Barbara De Rossi, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Renato Salvatori . ..........the run time of the North American release is 1 hour 40 minutes......Contains female nudity and sexual situations.........."Beautiful Clio Goldsmith plays La Cicada, a feisty, free-spirited girl who refuses to have sex for money....... She leaves her small town and meets up with Wilma (Virna Lisi), an dance hall singer...... After Wilma bombs out at a local bar they hook up together and become prostitutes........ Enter Tony who falls for Wilma and opens a gas/food/lodging establishment after they marry........ Then Wilma's beautiful 18 year old daughter (Barbara De Rossi) arrives and seduces every man she sees.." .....