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29 November 1951 (Italy)
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The best Italian comedy of ever
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Cast
(in credits order) | Totò | ... | Ferdinando Esposito |
 | Aldo Fabrizi | ... | Brigadiere Bottoni |
| Pina Piovani | ... | Esposito's Wife |
| Ave Ninchi | ... | Giovanna, Bottoni's Wife |
| Rossana Podestà | ... | Bottoni's Daughter |
| Ernesto Almirante | ... | Esposito's Father |
| Carlo Delle Piane | ... | Libero, Esposito's Son |
| William Tubbs | ... | Mr. Locuzzo, the Tourist (as William C. Tubbs) |
| Gino Leurini | ... | Esposito's Brother-in-law |
| Mario Castellani | ... | Amilcare |
| Aldo Giuffrè | ... | Esposito's Partner |
| Armando Guarnieri | ||
| Pietro Carloni | ... | Commissario |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Aldo Alimonti | ||
| Riccardo Antolini | ||
| Giulio Calì | ||
| Alida Cappellini | ||
| Rocco D'Assunta | ||
| Ettore Jannetti | ||
| Paolo Modugno | ||
| Gino Scotti | ||
| Luciano Bonanni | ... | Secondo barbiere (uncredited) |
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| Mario Monicelli | |||
| Steno | |||
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| Vitaliano Brancati | dialogue | |
| Aldo Fabrizi | dialogue | |
| Ennio Flaiano | dialogue | |
| Ruggero Maccari | dialogue | |
| Mario Monicelli | dialogue | |
| Steno | ||
| Piero Tellini | ||
Produced by | |||
| Dino De Laurentiis | .... | producer | |
| Carlo Ponti | .... | producer | |
| Bruno Todini | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alessandro Cicognini | |||
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| Mario Bava | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Adriana Novelli | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Flavio Mogherini | |||
Other crew | |||
| Tony Brandt | .... | production assistant | |
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109 min | UK:100 min
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Italian censorship visa # 10313 delivered on 23-10-1951.See more »
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Remade as Politseiskiye i vory (1997)See more »
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Guards and Thiefs is probably the best Italian comedy of ever, played by two giants like Totò and Fabrizi. The plot is very simple, bitter and sweet. You must see that movie with the mind of the '50 in Italy, the poor Italy after the war. A small thief is captured by a police man. During the travel to the police station the thief escapes, putting the guard in trouble. He tried to capture him once again using the friendship between his daughter and thief's son. At the end the two families, without knowing anything about the real reason of that interest in the two fathers, become very close. The two families are well described and you pass continually from laughing to tears, especially at the end, when, with tears at his eyes, the policeman takes once again the thief to the prison. Have a good vision and enjoy it.