Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
| Production | Louis De Rochemont | Producer |
| Camera | Harry Waxman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ralph Kemplen | Editor |
| Directing | José Quintero | Director |
| Sound | Richard Addinsell | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Tennessee Williams | Novel |
| Writing | Gavin Lambert | Screenplay |
| Crew | Jan Read | Additional Writing |
| Production | Lothar Wolff | Associate Producer |
| Production | Robert Lennard | Casting |
| Art | Roger K. Furse | Production Design |
| Art | Herbert Smith | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre Balmain | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Dawson | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Lawrance | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. G. Scott | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sidney Turner | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daphne Vollmer | Assistant Hairdresser |
