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Sex Pot (1975 film)

1975 film by Giorgio Capitani

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ452790 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sex Pot (Italian: La pupa del gangster) is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Capitani. Alternative titles for the film in the English language include Poopsie & Co., Gun Moll, Get Rita, Lady of the Evening, Oopsie Poopsie and Poopsie.

Plot

Marcello Mastroianni as Charlie Colletto plays a gangster in Milan with obsession for Sophia Loren as Pupa who is a redhead and reminds him of his childhood crush Rita Hayworth. Still he treats her badly and when he gets in to some trouble, it is her chance to get rid of him once and for all.

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The public source identifies “Sex Pot (1975 film)” as 1975 film by Giorgio Capitani. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around film, Giorgio and Capitani.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1975-01-21, 1975-04-17, 1975-05-07, 1976-02-20—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with film, Giorgio and Capitani providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q452790. 10 of 10 selected statements include explicit references; 10 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1975.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sex Pot (1975 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.