Love and Larceny (1960 film)
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| Il Mattatore | |
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| Directed by | Dino Risi |
| Written by | Ettore Scola Sandro Continenza Ruggero Maccari Sergio Pugliese Age & Scarpelli |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori |
| Starring | Vittorio Gassman Dorian Gray Peppino De Filippo Anna Maria Ferrero |
| Cinematography | Massimo Dallamano |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Music by | Pippo Barzizza |
Release dates |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Love and Larceny (in Italian, Il mattatore, "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.[1] It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
[edit]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 results 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
[edit]- Vittorio Gassman as Gerardo Latini
- Peppino De Filippo as De Rosa, aka "Chinotto"
- Dorian Gray as Elena
- Anna Maria Ferrero as Annalisa Rauseo
- Mario Carotenuto as Lallo Cortina
- Alberto Bonucci as Gloria Patri
- Fosco Giachetti as General Benito Mesci
- Luigi Pavese as The industrialist
- Nando Bruno as Owner of restaurant
- Linda Sini as Laura, wife of Chinotto
References
[edit]- ↑ Adler, Renata (February 27, 1968). "Screen: 'San Gennaro':Italian Gem-Theft Film Is Pure Rhinestone". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 28, 2026. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
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