In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word were to get around that the "Madama" is Vito (Christian De Sica) they might even start to like the guy. Vito is a funny sort of a cop. For a start he doesn't like the uniform (he never wears it). Things might even go smoothly for him, if it weren't for an incredible number of beautiful girls who always manage to get in his way. Especially one girl Angelo (shouldn't that have been Angela? No, the girl's name really is Angelo). Problems arise too, with his direct supervisor, who also happens to be a relative. But Vito puts up with it all and manages to stay his usual calm and polite self, even when he risks getting killed.
Costume
De Sica's civilian wardrobe is aggressively 1976.
Direction
Tessari keeps the farce moving like traffic on the Via Veneto.
Director
Duccio Tessari
Christian De Sica
Vito Militiello
Ines Pellegrini
Irma
Oreste Lionello
Inspector Solmi
Ettore Manni
Sante Tonnaro
Carole André
Angelo
Tom Skerritt
Jack
Gigi Ballista
The Venetian
Francesco De Rosa
Squillace
Maria Grazia Spina
Tonnaro's Wife
Nazzareno Zamperla
Valerio Merisi
Aldo Massasso
Carabinieri Captain Loffredo
Lorella De Luca
Corvo
Alessandra Panaro
Francesca
Vincenzo Crocitti
Mechanic
Barbara Magnolfi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Christian De Sica is son of legendary director Vittorio De Sica, making this nepotism with a side of commedia sexy.
The 'madama' slang peaked in 1970s Roman criminal circles; Tessari's film accidentally documents a linguistic fossil.
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