Love and Larceny (1960 film)

Il Mattatore
Il Mattatore
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Ettore Scola ; Sandro Continenza ; Ruggero Maccari ; Sergio Pugliese ; Age & Scarpelli
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Vittorio Gassman ; Dorian Gray ; Peppino De Filippo ; Anna Maria Ferrero
Cinematography	Massimo Dallamano
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Pippo Barzizza
Release dates	1959 (Italy); February 1, 1963 (US);
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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.

Plot

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 results 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

Vittorio Gassman as Gerardo Latini
Peppino De Filippo as De Rosa, aka "Chinotto"
Dorian Gray as Elena
Anna Maria Ferrero as Annalisa Rauseo
Mario Carotenuto as Lallo Cortina
Alberto Bonucci as Gloria Patri
Fosco Giachetti as General Benito Mesci
Luigi Pavese as The industrialist
Nando Bruno as Owner of restaurant
Linda Sini as Laura, wife of Chinotto

References

↑ Adler, Renata (February 27, 1968). "Screen: 'San Gennaro':Italian Gem-Theft Film Is Pure Rhinestone". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 28, 2026. Retrieved March 28, 2026.

External links

Love and Larceny at IMDb

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[1] Adler, Renata (February 27, 1968). "Screen: 'San Gennaro':Italian Gem-Theft Film Is Pure Rhinestone". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 28, 2026. Retrieved March 28, 2026.