George Stevens was the next director to inherit the project after Frank Capra and William Wyler bailed. He begged to cast Elizabeth Taylor after they worked together in Un posto al sole (1951), but after a deal between Paramount and MGM for Taylor's services was not reached, he declined to pursue it. The property was then offered back to Wyler, who was coming off the back of two very weighty dramatic movies - L'ereditiera (1949) and Pietà per i giusti (1951) - and was extremely glad to tackle a light romantic comedy, his first since the mid 1930s. Wyler was also very keen to work abroad to exploit a tax loophole.

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