He Who Hesitates Is Lost (1960)
After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.
Director:
Sergio Corbucci
Writers:
Bruno Corbucci, Mario Guerra, Giovanni Grimaldi, Luciano Martino.
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Totò as Antonio Guardalavecchia |
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Peppino De Filippo as Giuseppe Colabona |
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Aroldo Tieri as Matteo Rossi |
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Luigi De Filippo as Donato Cavallo |
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Alberto Lionello as Mario Rossi |
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Alberto Talegalli as il cliente che protesta |
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Angela Portaluri as Iole, figlia di Guardalavecchia |
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Mario Castellani as Commendator Pasquetti |
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Lia Zoppelli as Giulia, sorella del Comm. Pasquetti |
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Jacqueline Pierreux as Teresa, moglie di Colabona |
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Luigi Pavese as Cesare Santoro |
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Anna Campori as Italia Guardalavecchia |
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Pietro De Vico as il cameriere |
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Renzo Palmer as Cavicchioni |
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Peppino De Martino as l'antiquario sordo |
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Marisa Traversi as Adua |
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Enzo Petito as Napoleone, l'usciere |
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Solvejg D'Assunta as Assunta |
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Nando Angelini as |
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Rita Cuttica as |
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Angela Passalacqua as |
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Vittorio Vaser as Proietti |
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Gino Scotti as lo iettatore |
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Sergio Corbucci as uomo che gioca a biliardo con Cavicchioni (uncredited) |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Screenplay |
| Directing | Sergio Corbucci | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierantonio Mecacci | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Renato Tonini | Production Manager |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dina Di Bari | Costume Design |
| Writing | Mario Guerra | Screenplay |
| Production | Emo Bistolfi | Producer |
| Writing | Giovanni Grimaldi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Dolores Tamburini | Editor |
| Writing | Luciano Martino | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcella Favella | Hairstylist |
| Art | Franco Lolli | Production Design |
| Camera | Marco Scarpelli | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Franca Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Pietro Vesperini | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Dario Di Palma | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Story |
| Writing | Luciano Martino | Story |
| Writing | Dino De Palma | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Mario Guerra | Story |
| Camera | Divo Cavicchioli | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Gianni Ferrio | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Alessandro Gori | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Giorgio Pallotta | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Mario Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Athos Danilo Zanetti | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Enrico Priori | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Amasi Damiani | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Giovanni Grimaldi | Story |
| Sound | Gianni Ferrio | Conductor |