Love and Larceny (1960 film)

Love and Larceny (in Italian, Il mattatore, "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Il Mattatore
Directed byDino Risi
Written byEttore Scola
Sandro Continenza
Ruggero Maccari
Sergio Pugliese
Age & Scarpelli
Produced byMario Cecchi Gori
StarringVittorio Gassman
Dorian Gray
Peppino De Filippo
Anna Maria Ferrero
CinematographyMassimo Dallamano
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byPippo Barzizza
Release dates
  • 1959 (1959) (Italy)
  • February 1, 1963 (1963-02-01) (US)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

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Gerardo is an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy. Due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, he is involved in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant. His inexperience resulted in him being the only one to be arrested and sentenced to several months in prison. There he encounters a vast array of petty criminals, devoted primarily to scams of various kinds. He befriends Chinotto, a con man for whom the doors of the prisons are like "revolving doors of a large hotel."

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Il Mattatore". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
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