Toto Looks for a Wife

Toto Looks for a Wife (Italian: Totò cerca moglie) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Ave Ninchi and Marisa Merlini.

Toto Looks for a Wife
Theatrical film poster
Italian	Totò cerca moglie
Directed by	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Written by	Agenore Incrocci Sandro Continenza Furio Scarpelli Vittorio Metz
Starring	Totò Ave Ninchi Aroldo Tieri
Cinematography	Mario Albertelli
Edited by	Renato Cinquini
Music by	Franco Colosimo Amedeo Escobar Italia Savona
Production company	Forum Film
Distributed by	Variety Film
Release date	15 March 1950 (1950-03-15)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The film's art director was Alberto Boccianti.

Plot

In 1950 in Australia, Aunt Agatha writes to her nephew Toto, informing him she won't send him more money to live in Italy until he gets married. Toto is in fact a happy bachelor who dabbles in sculpture and lives in luxury off his aunt's money. Now Toto's lifestyle is threatened and he's forced to find a partner before his aunt comes to Rome to meet the new couple. Thanks to a friend (Aroldo Tieri), Toto is helped, but the women are horrible or already ammogliate, which causes many misunderstandings. At the end bull is mistaken for a delinquent because of mistaken identity and misunderstanding continues when they come into the house of Toto's aunt and the new "wife", or a woman who is made to pay for pretending to be his wife Toto.

Cast

• Totò as Toto
• Ave Ninchi as La zia
• Marisa Merlini as Luisa, the model
• Aroldo Tieri as Pippo, the painter
• Paul Muller as Carlo secret agent Z-15
• Mario Castellani as Filippo
• Nerio Bernardi as Giacinto
• Bruno Cantalamessa
• Giovanna Galletti as secret agent K-8
• Enzo Garinei as the son of Bellavista (as Vincenzo Garinei)
• Zoe Incrocci
• Elvi Lissiak as Adelina
• Anna Maestri as La nera australiana
• Nino Marchesini as signor Marco
• Mario Meniconi as Alberto

External links

• Toto Looks for a Wife at IMDb