The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.
Acting
Lollobrigida's volcanic screen presence.
Direction
Comencini's deft farce choreography.
Director
Luigi Comencini
Vittorio De Sica
Maresciallo Carotenuto
Gina Lollobrigida
Bersagliera
Marisa Merlini
Annarella
Tina Pica
Caramella
Roberto Risso
Carabiniere Stelluti
Memmo Carotenuto
Carabiniere Baiocchi
Saro Urzì
Don Nicola
Virgilio Riento
Don Emidio
Maria Pia Casilio
Paoletta
Tecla Scarano
Teresinella
Vittoria Crispo
Madre della Bersagliera
Fausto Guerzoni
Uomo col cannocchiale
Nino Vingelli
Venditore ambulante
Gigi Reder
Ricuccio
Nico Pepe
Maresciallo Spotti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'commedia all'italiana' boom that let postwar audiences laugh at their own social anxieties.
De Sica directed Bicycle Thieves six years earlier; here he's playing a horny marshal chasing Lollobrigida. Career whiplash!
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