The Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives as recognition for Tommaso a bill of one hundred thousand lire from the famous financier Bruscatelli, who ends up in prison immediately afterwards.
Acting
Totò's face does more work than most scripts
Direction
Mastrocinque keeps three comedy legends from collapsing the set
Director
Camillo Mastrocinque
Vittorio Gassman
Michele
Ugo Tognazzi
Alfredo Balzarini
Totò
Cesare Posalaquaglia
Sylva Koscina
Odette Mercury
Giorgia Moll
Maria
Peppino De Filippo
Peppino Posalaquaglia
Erminio Macario
Tommaso
Raimondo Vianello
Olimpio
Paolo Ferrari
Ottavio
Aroldo Tieri
Commendator Pierluigi Bruscatelli
Luigi Pavese
propriétaire
Lia Zoppelli
La moglie di Alfredo
Toni Ucci
Arbitro del match di lotta
Marisa Mantovani
Donna che cerca il gattone
Andrea Bosic
Alessio, principe russo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was peak Totò-Gassman-Tognazzi era, when Italian cinema basically ran on these three faces.
The 'cambiale' (bill of exchange) was a real financial instrument; the film mocks Italy's post-war banking chaos.
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