''Night Taxi'' (Italian: ''Taxi di notte'') is a 1950 French-Italian

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about a

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, directed by

Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...

and starring

Beniamino Gigli Beniamino Gigli ( , ; 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian opera singer (lyric tenor). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation. Early life Gigli was born in Recanati, in the Marche, the son of a shoem ...

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and

Philippe Lemaire Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1946 and 2004. Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco Juliette Gréco (; ...

.Apra p.93 After finding a baby left abandoned in his cab, a singing taxi driver tries to find its mother.

Cast

as Nello Spadoni *

as Laura Morani *

as Alberto Franchi * Virginia Belmont as Luisa Forenti *

Carlo Ninchi Carlo Ninchi (31 May 1896 – 27 April 1974) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, and died on 27 April 1974 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Selected filmogra ...

as Forenti l'Industriale *

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as Mr. William Simon *

Jone Morino Jone Morino (28 April 1896 – ?) Birth name Jone Nicola Morino. was an Italian film actress. Born in Rome, Italy, appeared in at least 37 films between 1938 and 1956. Filmography *''The House of Shame'' (1938) *''Validita Giorni 10'' (19 ...

as Signora Forenti *

Aroldo Tieri Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969. Life and career Born in Corigliano Calabro, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri ...

as Conte Tattini *

Giuseppe Varni Giuseppe Varni (born Józef Bruno Winawer) (1902-1965) was a Polish-born Italian stage actor, stage and film actor.Anile p.135 Selected filmography * ''Oltre l'amore'' (1940) - Il commissario * ''Amami Alfredo'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Etern ...

as Major Domo *

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as Il raggionere, inamorato di Luisa *Renzo De Luca as Il piccolo abandonato in taxi *

Giulio Battiferri Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani. Life and career Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career ...

Franco Coop Franco Coop (27 September 1891 – 27 March 1962), was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1931 and 1960. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' Moth ...

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Edda Soligo Edda Soligo (1905–1984) was an Italian film and television actress.Verdone p.111 Selected filmography * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) * '' To Live'' (1 ...

Ciro Berardi Ciro Berardi (1909–1961) was an Italian actor.Bìspuri p.51 Selected filmography * ''Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * ''Lucky Night'' (1941) * '' Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) * ''After Casanova's Fashion'' (1942) * ''Love Story'' (1942) * ...

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Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Selected filmography * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * '' Captain Fraca ...

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References

Bibliography

* Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979.

External links

* 1950 films French comedy films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian-language films 1950 comedy films Films directed by Carmine Gallone French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s French films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub