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directed by Mario Mattoli and starring

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and Aldo Giuffrè.Bìspuri p.147 It is based on a 1908

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-set play of the same name by Eduardo Scarpetta.

Plot summary

Felice Sciosciammocca is the mayor of Roccasecca, who sent in

the nephew Ciccillo, so that he will become a good doctor. But Ciccillo does anything but study, and makes a debt with a loan shark. Also receives a letter that his uncle is going to come to Naples with his family to find him. Ciccillo, who lives in the "Stella Hotel", a full house of "eccentric" people, pretends that Felice believes that the pension is the clinic, and the customers the fools. Felice Sciosciammocca admires everything, but Ciccillo, to heal his debt, must move away. So Felice is left alone in the guest house, doesn't know how to get himself out of trouble...

Cast

as Felice Sciosciammocca *

as La moglie di Cristaldi * Aldo Giuffrè as Ciccillo *

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as Amalia *

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as L'attore * Tecla Scarano as La moglie di Felice *

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as Il colonello * Giacomo Furia as Michele * Nora Ricci as La figlia di Amalia *

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as Una signora *

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as Cristaldi *

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* Maria Pia Casilio as Margherita

References

Bibliography

* Ennio Bìspuri. ''Totò: principe clown : tutti i film di Totò''. Guida Editori, 1997.

External links

* 1954 films 1954 comedy films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Italian films based on plays Films based on works by Eduardo Scarpetta Films directed by Mario Mattoli Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari Films set in Naples Medical-themed films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub