Quick Let's Get Married (aka The Confession) (1964)

Set in a small village in Italy, the madam (Ginger Rogers) of the local brothel conspires with a con man (Ray Milland) to make the villagers think a miracle has occurred when a statue of St. Joseph spoke to a pregnant prostitute (Barbara Eden). In reality, it was the con man who spoke to the girl. Directed by William Dieterle (PORTRAIT OF JENNIE), this is an often incoherent mess of a movie. Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland as Italians? Their acting is remarkably crude, you'd never guess they were Oscar winning actors. It doesn't help that "Italy" looks very tropical but that's probably because the movie was shot in Jamaica! The film's only grace is its cynicism yet by the film's end, even that is given up when faith rather than cynicism is affirmed. How did so many talented actors get roped into this? Well, Rogers was married to the film's producer so that accounts for her involvement. With Elliott Gould (in his film debut), Michael Ansara (married to Eden at the time), Pippa Scott, Cecil Kellaway and Carl Schell (Maximilian's brother).