Alina, la hija de la noche

One of Gina Lollobrigida's first parts , she is cast as a virtuous honest wife, who goes out of her way to bring medicine to her sick (and not very handsome) husband .

"Alina" is a good mixture of melodrama and film noir;it pits the luxury world of the people of the French ski resort ,who practise Winter sports and who spends their night gambling in a shady place ,against the poverty of Italians of a village who cross the border in the cold at night to smuggle powder (cocaine); the boss of the gambling club is part of the ring and exploits them shamelessly.

Good scenes : the involuntary strip tease of Alina , with peeping tom Marco behind the pane (check the poster) ; the fire in her hovel ; the final confrontation of the boss and his unfaithful wife.

Lollobrigida is eye candy ,and although cast against type, manages quite well in her part of a destitute girl,forced to replace her sick hubby in his smuggling business;Amadeo Nazarri , a habitué of Italian melodrama, is true to form .