"A highly entertaining classic with a catchy Oscar-winning score!" -- Blockbuster Entertainment Guide

Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actress, Director and Original screenplay and featuring the Oscar winning song "Never on Sunday," this "racy, arty comedy" (The Hollywood Reporter) is as intoxicating as fine Greek wine... and a "rambunctious" (Time) delight!

Glasses are smashing, fingers are snapping and everyone's dancing to the sultry music of the bouzoukies! It's just another glorious moment in the carefree world of Illia (Melina Mercouri), Greece's most radiant lady of the night. Sensuous Illia adores her life, and every man in her seaport paradise adores her. But when Homer (Jules Dassin), a stuffy American intellectual, sails into town and tries to reform her, Illia shows him that she's one free spirit who's happy with her wild life and not about to be tamed.