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Never on Sunday

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Never on Sunday (1960)

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Reviews Counted:7

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Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A dense American man, with delusions of being an intellectual, travels to Greece. There he meets a pragmatic prostitute whom he attempts to transform into a cultured lady. Academy Award... A dense American man, with delusions of being an intellectual, travels to Greece. There he meets a pragmatic prostitute whom he attempts to transform into a cultured lady. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Director, Best Actress-Melina Mercouri. Academy Awards: Best Song. [More]

Starring: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Titos Vandis, George Foundas

Starring: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Titos Vandis, George Foundas, Despo Diamantidou, Dimitris Papamichael, Mitsos Liguisos, Dimos Starenios, Alexis Salomos

Director: Jules Dassin

Director: Jules Dassin
Screenwriter: Jules Dassin
Producer: Jules Dassin
Composer: Manos Hadjidakis

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Mercouri's energetic performance took it to greater heights than it deserved.

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While the film serves to exploit the myth of the happy prostitute, it reveals the charm and powerful simplicity of the Greece people.

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Her earthiness is grounding, the only element keeping the world from spinning off its axis; beware the man, and woe to mankind, for formulating her to a wall.

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April 01, 2008: Jules Dassin: 1911-2008
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