An elderly Russian, Waltikoff, falls in love with her and proposes, but breaks it off when he realises she will not give up prostitution.
Variety said it "stirred up the best cinema biz of any German film in this country, coining plenty for its distributor.
SPIO eventually suggested that none of its members in the technical, export, distribution or theatre-operating branches have anything to do with the film.
[5] When Love Now, Pay Later was first released in Italy in 1959 with the title L'Inferno addosso, the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated it as VM16: not suitable for children under 16.
In order for the film to be screened publicly, the Committee imposed the removal of the following lines and scenes: The official document number is: 30830, it was signed on 31 December 1959 by Minister Domenico Magrì.
"[8] The Los Angeles Times called it "cheerfully, almost consistently, low grade... never have we seen so many montages of so many legs – trousers and nylons – trudging up so many stairs... Lee approaches the role of Rosemarie with all the style and subtley of a tiger shark after a swimmer with a free bleeding cut.