The Three Thieves (1954)
Tapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by Cascarilla, one of his apprentices who has become better than his master. When the owners arrive home, the latter offers the wife a bunch of love letters she has written to various lovers for ten million.
Director:
Lionello De Felice
Writers:
Lionello De Felice, Félicien Marceau, Filippo Sanjust.
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Totò as Tapioca |
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Jean-Claude Pascal as Gastone Cascarilla |
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Simone Simon as Doris Ornano |
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Gino Bramieri as Industriale Ornano |
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Giovanna Ralli as Marietta |
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Memmo Carotenuto as Battista |
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Mario Castellani as Ornano's Lawyer |
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Lauro Gazzolo as Il procuratore |
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Camillo Pilotto as Presidente del tribunale |
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Pina Renzi as Cartomante |
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Virgilio Riento as Commissario Zannini |
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Carlo Sposito as Michele |
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Laura Gore as La nobile conosciuta da Tapioca |
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Salvo Libassi as Pizzicagnolo |
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Achille Majeroni as Un industriale |
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Nico Pepe as Un industriale |
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Bice Valori as Aida |
| Directing | Lionello De Felice | Director |
| Production | Angelo Rizzoli | Producer |
| Writing | Umberto Notari | Novel |
| Production | Domenico Seymandi | Unit Manager |
| Production | Carlo De Felice | Unit Manager |
| Production | Luigi Freddi | Line Producer |
| Writing | Lionello De Felice | Screenplay |
| Writing | Félicien Marceau | Screenplay |
| Writing | Filippo Sanjust | Screenplay |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Production Design |
| Art | Franco Lolli | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Annenkov | Costume Design |
| Sound | Roman Vlad | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Marcello Baldi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alain Roux | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
| Camera | Luigi Kuveiller | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuliano Laurenti | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Production | Piero Lazzari | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Anna Luisa Meneghini | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Fausto Lupi | Administration |
| Camera | Romolo Garroni | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jacopo Comin | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Madeleine Rabusson | Assistant Costume Designer |