''L'onorata società'' is a 1961 Italian
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
written and directed by
Riccardo Pazzaglia
Riccardo Pazzaglia (12 September 1926 – 4 October 2006) was an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, songwriter (for Domenico Modugno), TV and radio personality.
Born in Naples, Pazzaglia graduated in direction from the Centro Speri ...
. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the
67th Venice International Film Festival.
Cast
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Franco Franchi as Salvatore
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Ciccio Ingrassia as Rosolino
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Domenico Modugno as Salvatore, the husband
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Rosanna Schiaffino
Rosanna Schiaffino (25 November 1939 – 17 October 2009) was an Italian film actress. She appeared on the covers of Italian, German, French, British and American magazines.
Early life
She was born in Genoa, Liguria to a well-off family. Her mot ...
as Rosaria, the wife
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Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...
as Salvatore, the 'Capintesta'
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Didi Perego
Didi Perego (13 April 1935 – 28 June 1993) was a statuesque Italian actress who appeared in more than 80 films and television shows. She made her film debut in 1959's '' Death of a Friend''. The same year, she starred in perhaps her best-know ...
as Owner of 'Piccola Sicilia'
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Tiberio Murgia
Tiberio Murgia (5 February 1929 – 20 August 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1958 and 2009.
Biography
Born into a humble family, Murgia began working as a laborer from an early age. At the age of ...
as Salvatore Trezza
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Marisa Belli as Rosetta Zappalà
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Gino Buzzanca
Gino Buzzanca (8 March 1912 – 5 May 1985) was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born in Messina, Buzzanca began his career on stage, specializing as an actor of the Sicilian language theater, and starring in works by Luigi Pirande ...
as Salvatore Zappalà
References
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1961 films
1961 comedy films
1960s buddy comedy films
1960s Italian-language films
Italian black-and-white films
Films set in Sicily
Films set in Rome
Italian buddy comedy films
1960s Italian films
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