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:
Filippo Sanjust, Lionello De Felice, Félicien Marceau.
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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 | Filippo Sanjust | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lionello De Felice | Screenplay |
| Writing | Félicien Marceau | Screenplay |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Production | Jacopo Comin | Production Manager |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Production Design |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuliano Laurenti | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Romolo Garroni | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Annenkov | Costume Design |
| Art | Franco Lolli | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Roman Vlad | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Luigi Kuveiller | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Anna Luisa Meneghini | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Fausto Lupi | Administration |
| Directing | Alain Roux | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Piero Lazzari | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Marcello Baldi | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Madeleine Rabusson | Assistant Costume Designer |