Her car breaks down near Siena where she meets Prince Piero di Montalcino, a handsome Italian nobleman.

[2][3] Dors was one of a number of English and American stars making movies in Italy, including Mamie Van Doren and Steve Reeves.

One of them, Pietro De Angelis (nicknamed "Pietrino"), winner of two previous Palio races, died of a heart attack while the movie was being filmed in August.

[6] The movie was also a springboard for the career of the sole woman jockey of the modern Palio horse race, Rosanna Bonelli, nicknamed "Diavola" but better known as "Rompicollo" ("breakneck") from the name of an operetta written by her father.

[9] Filmink called it "a gorgeous-looking movie, incidentally, in which Dors never appeared more beautiful on screen; there’s also a climax where she gets to win a horse race, the Palio di Siena – more of a triumphant finale than British cinema ever gave her.