''The Friend of the Jaguar'' (Italian: ''L'amico del giaguaro'') is a 1959
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comedy film
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directed by
Giuseppe Bennati
Giuseppe Bennati (4 January 1921 – 26 September 2006) was an Italian film director and writer.
He directed ''Il microfono è vostro'' (1952), '' Musoduro'' (1954), ''L'amico del giaguaro'' (1958), ''Labbra rosse'' (1960), ''Congo vivo'' (1961) ...
and starring
Walter Chiari
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Biography
Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally ...
,
Isabelle Corey
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and
Carlo Romano
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Biography
Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Piero Filippone
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Selected filmography
* '' Three Cornered H ...
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Cast
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Walter Chiari
Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Biography
Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally ...
as Augusto
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Isabelle Corey
Isabelle Corey (29 May 1939 – 6 February 2011) was a French actress and model.
Corey started modeling in Paris in her teens for magazines such as ''Jardin des Modes'', ''Elle'' and ''Madame Figaro''. She was discovered in the Latin Quarter, wh ...
as Marisa
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Carlo Romano
Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting ...
as Il commendatore
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Mario Carotenuto
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Biography
Carotenuto, the son of a silent film actor and younger brother of the actor Memmo Carotenuto, took various humble jobs for many years be ...
as Cesare
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Carlo Delle Piane
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Giuseppe Robby
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It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
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as Vittorio
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Anna Campori
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Born in Rome, Italy, after the debut on stage in a small company of prose Campori moved shortly after in ...
as Gianna
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Francesco Mulè
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Born in Rome, the son of composer Giuseppe Mulè, he studied at t ...
as Ugo, l'orefice
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Elke Sommer
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