Cops and Robbers (1951 film)

Cops and Robbers (1951 film)
Guardie e ladri

Italian film poster
Directed by Steno
Mario Monicelli
Produced by Carlo Ponti
Dino De Laurentiis
Written by Vitaliano Brancati
Ennio Flaiano
Aldo Fabrizi
Mario Monicelli
Ruggero Maccari
Steno
Starring Totò
Aldo Fabrizi
Ave Ninchi
Rossana Podestà
Music by Alessandro Cicognini
Cinematography Mario Bava
Editing by Adriana Novelli
Release date(s) 21 October 1951 (1951-10-21)
Running time 109 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Cops and Robbers (Italian: Guardie e ladri) is a 1951 Italian cult comedy film directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli. It stars a famous comedian Totó, and it was cinematographied by future film director Mario Bava. Its style is close to Italian neorealism. It had troubles with censorship because its view of clumsy police and smart thieves, but it was a great success. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[1]

Contents

Plot

In post World War II Rome, the United States is helping Italy rebuild with the implementation of the Marshall Plan. A thief, Ferdinando Esposito (Totò), makes the life of a policeman, Brigadiere Bottoni (Aldo Fabrizi), difficult. The cop must chase the thief if he wants to keep his job. But this is complicated by the fact that both of their families have now become intimate friends.

Cast

  • Totò - Ferdinando Esposito
  • Aldo Alimonti
  • Ernesto Almirante - Il padre di Esposito
  • Riccardo Antolini
  • Giulio Calì
  • Alida Cappellini
  • Pietro Carloni - Commissario
  • Mario Castellani - Amilcare
  • Rocco D'Assunta
  • Carlo Delle Piane - Libero Esposito
  • Aldo Fabrizi - Brigadiere Bottoni
  • Aldo Giuffrè - Socio di Esposito
  • Armando Guarnieri
  • Ettore Jannetti
  • Gino Leurini - Il cognato di Esposito
  • Paolo Modugno
  • Ave Ninchi - Giovanna
  • Pina Piovani - Donata Esposito
  • Rossana Podestà - La figlia di Bottoni
  • Gino Scotti
  • William Tubbs - Mr. Locuzzo

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/1937-1988/. Retrieved 2010-08-01. 
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Cops and Robbers". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4013/year/1952.html. Retrieved 2009-01-17. 

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