Acting
Ugo Tognazzi's panicked everyman schtick — pure comedic desperation.
Production
1950s Italian studio craft: elaborate sets, practical mad-lab nonsense.
Director
Mario Mattoli
Ugo Tognazzi
Tony Cuccar
Franca Valeri
Beatrice Clacton
Carlo Campanini
Charlie
Xenia Valderi
Erminia
Aroldo Tieri
Ricky, ispettore di Scotland Yard
Tina Pica
signora Cuccar
Daniela Rocca
Violante
Caprice Chantal
Katy
Gianrico Tedeschi
professor Daniel Clacton
Elda Tattoli
Isidora
Daniele Vargas
Agenore, il maggiordomo
Alberto Sorrentino
cameriere
Marco Tulli
impresario pompe funebri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 1950s 'comedy Italian style' boom, where working-class panic met bourgeois absurdity. Tognazzi would become the genre's defining face.
Director Mario Mattoli cranked out 80+ films; this mad-scientor farce was typical of his assembly-line efficiency for Cinecittà.
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