Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Original poster
Directed by	Melvin Frank
Written by	Melvin Frank Denis Norden Sheldon Keller
Produced by	Melvin Frank
Starring	Gina Lollobrigida Shelley Winters Phil Silvers Peter Lawford Telly Savalas Lee Grant Janet Margolin Marian Moses Philippe Leroy
Cinematography	Gabor Pogany
Edited by	Bill Butler
Music by	Riz Ortolani (music composed and conducted by)
Production companies	A Melvin Frank Film Connaught Productions, Inc.
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 1968 (1968-12)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.5 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell is a 1968 American comedy film starring Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford and Telly Savalas. It was produced and directed by Melvin Frank, who co-wrote the original screenplay with Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller.

The United Artists release was filmed at Cinecitta Studios, Rome. It served as the basis for the unsuccessful 1979 stage musical Carmelina. Some critics have also speculated that the 1999 stage musical Mamma Mia!—and, by extension, its 2008 film adaptation—are based on Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, although the musical's book writer, Catherine Johnson, has denied any connection.^[2]