Tototruffa '62 (1961)

Director:

Camillo Mastrocinque

Writers:

Franco Castellano (screenplay)
Franco Castellano (story)
Giuseppe Moccia (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 February 1963 (Portugal)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Diana è in un collegio molto costoso ed esclusivo perchè suo padre Antonio, in diplomazia, è sempre in giro per il mondo e non può tenerla con sè...

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Totò	...	Antonio Lo Ruffo
Nino Taranto	...	Felice
Estella Blain	...	Diana
Geronimo Meynier	...	Franco Malvasia
Carla Macelloni
Oreste Lionello	...	Pippo
Amedeo Girardi	...	Amilcare
Renzo Palmer	...	Baldassarre
Luigi Pavese	...	Terlizzi
Pietro De Vico	...	Contatore di piccioni
Peppino De Martino
John Kitzmiller	...	Ambasciatore del Katonga
Ugo D'Alessio
Rosetta Pedrani
Nino Frera

Also Known As:

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Fontana di Trevi, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

D.D.L.

Soundtrack:

Un rock per Judy

Toto, father and con man, supports daughter with great scams!

This is one of Italy's favorite Toto films, and includes many of the scenes most widely reproduced in pictures and posters. When I was living in Rome in 2006, I asked a local video rental store owner for a recommendation, and this was his first choice.

The scams attempted by Toto and his partner are brilliant, rivaling the best material of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in their "On the Road to..." films.

Not to be missed are the scenes of early '60's Italian girls dancing to an American Rock'n'Roll idol: priceless! The 10 rating is, of course, for people with a real appreciation of Toto and Italian culture. People who can't stand subtitles or do not appreciate foreign films in general might well laugh themselves silly anyway, but they would have to abandon their prejudice.