13 Feb 1973
The Great American Beauty Contest
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.
Behind Convent Walls
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.
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Marina Pierro Sister Veronica
Ligia Branice Sister Clara
Gabriella Giacobbe Abbess Flavia Orsini
Loredana Martínez Sister Martina
Howard Ross Rodrigo Landriani (as Howard Ross)
Rodolfo Dal Pra Bishop
Olivia Pascal 
Maria Cumani Quasimodo 
Stefania D'Amario 
Greta Vayan 
Paola Morra 
Romano Puppo 
Mario Maranzana Father Confessor
Alessandro Partexano Silva
Gina Rovere Dora Calindri Francesca Balletta Carole Fouanon Miana Merisi Simona Villani
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