La ragazza di Bube is a 1963 Italian crime film drama directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Claudia Cardinale and George Chakiris.

[1] Claudia Cardinale was awarded the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for her performance in the role of as Mara.

The girl, determined to wait for her beloved, moves to the city where she meets Stefano: with him a complicity is born that is able to make her regain her smile while never forgetting Bebo, of whom she has no news for many months.

Stefano's feeling for Mara is sincere and she is now on the verge of reciprocating it when her father informs her that Bebo has been arrested at the border, inviting her to visit him in jail.

"[2] The review also praised Gianni di Venanzo's photography noting that his "chiaroscuro work on settings, as well as his fine closeups of Miss Cardinale especially, are of the highest standard.