The Maniacs (1964)
An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.
Director:
Lucio Fulci
Writers:
Vittorio Vighi, Mario Guerra, Pipolo, Lucio Fulci, Castellano.
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Walter Chiari as The Sicilian Hitchhiker (segment "L'autostop") / Car Driver (segment "Il sorpasso") / Pasquale Taddei (segment "La protesta") / Client of Night-clubs (segment "Lo strip") |
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Enrico Maria Salerno as Castelli, the Successful Novelist (segment "la parolaccia") |
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Barbara Steele as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale") |
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Raimondo Vianello as Mr. Brugnoli (segment "la cambiale") / Giulio Errani, il commendatore mad about football (segment "Lo sport") / Paolo (segment "I consigli") / His Excellency Micozzi (segment "Le interviste") |
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Gaia Germani as Carla (segment "l'hobby") |
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Umberto D'Orsi as Ilario Baietti (segment "La parolaccia") / Friar Egisto (segment "Il pezzo unico") / The Milanese Businessman (segment "L'autostop") |
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Sandra Mondaini as Paolo's Wife (segment "i consigli") |
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Franco Fabrizi as L'impiegato insolente |
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Aroldo Tieri as Mr. Bonfanti (segment "La cambiale") / Mario (segment "La protesta") |
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Ingrid Schoeller as Mrs. Bonfanti (segment "La cambiale") |
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Lisa Gastoni as Gulio's wife (segment "lo sport") |
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Margaret Lee as Rosalie (segment "Il week-end") |
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Franco Franchi as Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end) |
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Ciccio Ingrassia as Thief #2 (segment 'Il week-end) |
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Franca Valeri as The Wife (segment "il pezzo antico") |
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Vittorio Caprioli as The Husband (segment "il pezzo antico") |
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Isarco Ravaioli as Eros (segment 'Il week-end') |
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Alicia Brandet as Rosetta (segment "Il week-end") |
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Corrado Olmi as The Husband (segment "Il week-end") |
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Gora de Paris as Herself (segment "Lo strip") |
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Corinne as Herself (segment "Lo strip") |
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Peri Han as Herself (segment "Lo strip") |
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Ignazio Leone as Migliardi (segment "Lo sport") |
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Loris Bazzocchi as The Car Mechanic (segment "lo sport") |
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Salvo Libassi as Office Clerk (segment "lo sport") |
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Ugo Fangareggi as Antonio (segment "Il week-end") |
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Edy Biagetti as Biagetti, an Uninspired Novelist (segment "la parolaccia") |
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Silla Bettini as Undertaker (segment 'L'elaborazione) |
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Rada Rassimov as Rosetta, the French Teacher (segment "Il week-end") |
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Mary Arden as Party Guest (segment "L'hobby") (uncredited) |
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Antonio Acqua as Literary Critic #1 (segment "la parolaccia") (uncredited) |
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Gigi Ballista as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited) |
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John Bartha as Literary Critic (Segment "la parolaccia") (uncredited) |
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Gustavo D'Arpe as Literary Critic #2 (segment "la parolaccia") (uncredited) |
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Nico Fidenco as Singer at the Party (segment "L'hobby") (uncredited) |
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Piero Pastore as Himself (segment "Il sport") (uncredited) |
| Directing | Lucio Fulci | Director |
| Camera | Riccardo Pallottini | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Bernardino Fronzetti | Sound |
| Sound | Renato Cadueri | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Vittorio Vighi | Screenplay |
| Production | Marcello Papaleo | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Mariano Laurenti | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Gastone Di Giovanni | Camera Operator |
| Production | Totò Mignone | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Miccinilli | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Giorgio Gallizio | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Mario Guerra | Screenplay |
| Directing | Franca Carotenuto | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Gianni Minervini | Line Producer |
| Camera | Giovanni Bonivento | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giannetto De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Bruno Micheli | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Pipolo | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuliano Papi | Costume Design |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Riccardo Domenici | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Castellano | Story |
| Art | Aurelio Crugnola | Production Design |
| Writing | Lucio Fulci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Castellano | Screenplay |
| Production | Giancarlo Marchetti | Associate Producer |
| Production | Ferruccio Brusarosco | Producer |
| Editing | Ornella Micheli | Editor |
| Writing | Pipolo | Story |