On My Way To The Crusades, I Met A Girl Who...

It was released theatrically in Italy on 26 October 1967 by Titanus and in the United States on 10 September 1969 by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
Italian theatrical release poster
Italian	La cintura di castità
Directed by	Pasquale Festa Campanile
Screenplay by	Luigi Magni Larry Gelbart Ettore Giannini
Story by	Ugo Liberatore
Produced by	Francesco Mazzei
Starring	Tony Curtis Monica Vitti Ivo Garrani Hugh Griffith John Richardson Nino Castelnuovo
Cinematography	Carlo Di Palma
Edited by	Gabrio Astori
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production company	Julia Film
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	26 October 1967 (1967-10-26) (Italy)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian English

A knight is forced to leave for the crusades without having had time to consummate his marriage with a beautiful woman. As was custom during the period, he applies a chastity belt to his bride.

• Monica Vitti as Boccadoro
• Tony Curtis as Guerrando
• Hugh Griffith as Ibn-El-Rashid
• John Richardson as Dragone
• Ivo Garrani as Duca Pandolfo
• Nino Castelnuovo as Marculfo
• Francesco Mulé as Rienzi
• Franco Sportelli as Bertuccio
• Gabriella Giorgelli as lady-in-waiting
• Umberto Raho as monk
• Leopoldo Trieste as fisherman

The film was based on "The Chastity Belt" from Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. It was originally titled The Wrong Key. Filming took place in Rome in November 1966. During filming, the title was changed to On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... Location shooting was done around Bracciano, particularly at Castello Orsini-Odescalchi.

The film took a number of years before being released in the United States. It opened in San Francisco on 10 September 1969.

Home media

On 27 February 2018, the film was released on DVD under its alternate title The Chastity Belt by Warner Archive Collection.