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Totò has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1960s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Big Deal on Madonna Street.
1959
Comedy
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto
Antonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer. They fall in love and, when she goes to Milan, Gianni follows her. Informed of this and afraid that their nephew will stop studying, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade Gianni to come back and continue studying and abandon the "Malafemmina" (bad girl).
Dir. Camillo Mastrocinque · With Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Dorian Gray
Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.
Dir. Mario Mattoli · With Totò, Sophia Loren, Enzo Turco
Italy, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money using the fact that one of them works as a typographer. The story unravels around their embarrassed efforts to spend the money, their little family issues and ends with a surprise.
Dir. Camillo Mastrocinque · With Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Giulia Rubini
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Dir. Steno, Mario Monicelli · With Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Ave Ninchi
Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
Dir. Camillo Mastrocinque · With Totò, Nino Taranto, Lia Zoppelli
Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
Dir. Camillo Mastrocinque · With Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Titina De Filippo
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.
Dir. Dino Risi · With Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf
A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini · With Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi
Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.
Dir. Mario Mattoli · With Totò, Isa Barzizza, Carlo Campanini
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.
Dir. Steno · With Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Louis de Funès
A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza seller losing her husband’s ring, a child's funeral, a gambler beaten by a kid, a prostitute's unusual wedding, and a "wisdom seller" offering advice.
Dir. Vittorio De Sica · With Silvana Mangano, Sophia Loren, Eduardo De Filippo
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