Cats and Dogs (1952 film)

Cats and Dogs (Italian: Cani e gatti) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Leonardo De Mitri and starring Titina De Filippo, Umberto Spadaro and Antonella Lualdi.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli.

Cats and Dogs
Directed by	Leonardo De Mitri
Written by	Jacopo Comin Leonardo De Mitri Mario Monicelli Cesare Rivelli
Produced by	Luigi Freddi
Starring	Titina De Filippo Umberto Spadaro Antonella Lualdi
Cinematography	Marco Scarpelli
Edited by	Lionello Massobrio Maria Rosada
Music by	Gino Filippini
Production company	Record Pictures
Distributed by	Indipendenti regionali
Release date	1952 (1952)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

In a village, the pharmacist and the innkeeper have an intense rivalry fuelled by the fact that they were once romantically involved many years before. To spite her rival, the innkeeper arranges to have her nephew set up a second pharmacy to take business away him. Unbeknownst to them a romance is developing between the younger generation of the families.

Cast

• Titina De Filippo as Donna Elvira
• Umberto Spadaro as Don Filippo
• Antonella Lualdi as Lia
• Armando Francioli as Sandro
• Paolo Stoppa as Don Cosimo
• Carlo Romano as Don Saverio
• Marisa Merlini as Donna Filomena
• Carlo Sposito as Tonino
• Gianni Cavalieri as Don Michele
• Pietro Carloni as Cav. Anselmi
• Silvio Bagolini