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directed by

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. The film was a

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at the Italian box office.

Plot

Michele Cannaritta (

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) is a Sicilian who moved to Bergamo apparently in search of work. He was actually kicked off the island for his insatiable sexual libido. Hired as a butler and driver by the Lampugnani family, his employer takes him to a doctor (

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), who discovers Michele's physical peculiarity: triorchidism. The news spreads like wildfire in the city among the friends and acquaintances of the Lampugnani couple. Michele can thus satisfy his sexual appetite with a series of ladies from the good Bergamo society, not without several problems and to the embarrassment of many. Tired of the constant gossip and insinuations of her friends, Mrs. Lampugnani fires Michele. The man moves to the home of Carla, one of her friends, but it won't be his last move.

Cast

: Michele Cannaritta *

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: Cocò Lampugnani *

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: Achille Lampugnani *

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: Agnese Trescori *

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: Moglie di Mezzini *

: Doctor Mezzini * Sylva Koscina: Carla *

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: Giusy * Brigitte Skay: Cameriera *

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: Cameriera *

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: Ersilia *

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: Ambrogio * Michele Cimarosa: Tano Fichera *

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: daughter of Tano *

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: friend of Cocò * Greta Vajant: friend of Cocò *

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: friend of Cocò *

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: Professor Godè * Piero Chiara: magistrate

References

External links

* 1971 films Commedia sexy all'italiana 1970s sex comedy films Films directed by Marco Vicario Films scored by Armando Trovajoli Adultery in films Films set in Milan Films about immigration 1971 comedy films 1970s Italian films {{erotic-comedy-film-stub