Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes.
Acting
Totò's elastic face does what CGI never could.
Direction
Bragaglia keeps the farce breathless without losing coherence.
Director
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Totò
Totò Esposito
Isa Barzizza
Lana Ross
Carlo Ninchi
Nick Parter
Tino Buazzelli
Ladislau
Mario Castellani
Amilcare
Luigi Pavese
Lucas
Aldo Bufi Landi
Il vero Patson
Marcella Rovena
Silvana
Enzo Garinei
Paesano (uncredited)
Arturo Bragaglia
Alvaro (uncredited)
Sophia Loren
Ragazza rapita (uncredited)
Mario Pisu
Sergio (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Totò was Naples' working-class hero; his comedies mocked bourgeois marriage while reinforcing its inevitability.
Isa Barzizza was Italy's 'Queen of Scream' — her ear-splitting reactions here are signature.
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