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, Giovanni Grimaldi, Mario Guerra, 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) |
| Directing | Sergio Corbucci | Director |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giovanni Grimaldi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Guerra | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luciano Martino | Screenplay |
| Production | Emo Bistolfi | Producer |
| Camera | Marco Scarpelli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dolores Tamburini | Editor |
| Art | Franco Lolli | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dina Di Bari | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcella Favella | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierantonio Mecacci | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Renato Tonini | Production Manager |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
| Directing | Franca Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Dino De Palma | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Story |
| Writing | Giovanni Grimaldi | Story |
| Writing | Mario Guerra | Story |
| Writing | Luciano Martino | Story |
| Sound | Gianni Ferrio | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Gianni Ferrio | Conductor |
| Production | Alessandro Gori | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Enrico Priori | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Giorgio Pallotta | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Pietro Vesperini | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Athos Danilo Zanetti | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Dario Di Palma | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Divo Cavicchioli | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Mario Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Amasi Damiani | First Assistant Director |