Love and Larceny (1960 film)

Love and Larceny (in Italian, Il mattatore, "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Il Mattatore
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Ettore Scola Sandro Continenza Ruggero Maccari Sergio Pugliese Age & Scarpelli
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Vittorio Gassman Dorian Gray Peppino De Filippo Anna Maria Ferrero
Cinematography	Massimo Dallamano
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Pippo Barzizza
Release dates	1959 (1959) (Italy) February 1, 1963 (1963-02-01) (US)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Gerardo is an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy. Due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, he is involved in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant. His inexperience resulted in him being the only one to be arrested and sentenced to several months in prison. There he encounters a vast array of petty criminals, devoted primarily to scams of various kinds. He befriends Chinotto, a con man for whom the doors of the prisons are like "revolving doors of a large hotel."

Cast

• Vittorio Gassman as Gerardo Latini
• Peppino De Filippo as De Rosa, aka "Chinotto"
• Dorian Gray as Elena
• Anna Maria Ferrero as Annalisa Rauseo
• Mario Carotenuto as Lallo Cortina
• Alberto Bonucci as Gloria Patri
• Fosco Giachetti as General Benito Mesci
• Luigi Pavese as The industrialist
• Nando Bruno as Owner of restaurant
• Linda Sini as Laura, wife of Chinotto