Il Mattatore
Love and Larceny (in Italian, Il mattatore, "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
Gerardo is an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy. Due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, he is involved in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant. His inexperience resulted in him being the only one to be arrested and sentenced to several months in prison. There he encounters a vast array of petty criminals, devoted primarily to scams of various kinds. He befriends Chinotto, a con man for whom the doors of the prisons are like "revolving doors of a large hotel."
Cast
- Alberto Bonucci
- Aldo Bufi Landi
- Anna Maria Ferrero
- Armando Bandini
- Dina De Santis
- Dorian Gray
- Enrico Glori
- Fosco Giachetti
- Fred Bongusto
- gennaro beneduce
- Gianni Baghino
- Gisella Sofio
- Linda Sini
- Luigi Pavese
- Luigi Visconti
- Margherita Horowitz
- Mario Carotenuto
- Mario Frera
- Mario Scaccia
- Mimmo Poli
- Nando Bruno
- Peppino De Filippo
- Pier Ugo Gragnani
- Vincenzo Talarico
- Vittorio Gassman
More details
author | Agenore Incrocci Ettore Scola Furio Scarpelli Ruggero Maccari Sandro Continenza Sergio Pugliese |
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contentLocation | Italy |
director | Dino Risi |
editor | Eraldo Da Roma |
genre | comedy |
keywords | arrest aspiring actor con man petty criminal revolving door |
musicBy | Pippo Barzizza |
producer | Mario Cecchi Gori |
recordedAt | Milan |