L'eroe della strada (i.e. "The hero of the road") is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario.[1][2][3]
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| Directed by | Carlo Borghesio |
| Written by | Carlo Borghesio Leo Benvenuti Mario Amendola Mario Monicelli Steno |
| Produced by | Luigi Rovere |
| Starring | Erminio Macario |
| Cinematography | Renato del Frate |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
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| Language | Italian |
Plot
editFelice Manetti, a poor, unemployed man, is accused of stealing an organ. Saved by the testimony of Gaetano, a con man who pretends to be a former partisan, then Felice falls in love with a cigarette girl whose husband went missing in war.
Cast
edit- Erminio Macario as Felice Manetti
- Carlo Ninchi as Gaetano Salvatore
- Delia Scala as Giulietta Marchi
- Folco Lulli as Head of the Workers
- Piero Lulli as Paolo
- Monica Egg as Paulette Jones
- Cesare Costarelli as Comm. Zanotti
- Carlo Rizzo as Political Agitator
- Arnoldo Foà as Prosecutor
References
edit- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini. Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film. Zanichelli, 2010. ISBN 8808227227.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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