Cops and Robbers

Original title: Guardie e ladri

1951
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

Aldo Fabrizi and Totò in Cops and Robbers (1951)

Farce Comedy Drama

Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose ... Read allEsposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

Trivia
Virtually all of the interactions between Totò and Aldo Fabrizi were improvised. More often than not, the directors would simply feed them the first line and let them be in charge of the scene.

Quotes
Mr. Locuzzo, the Tourist: Police! Take back your phony coin, your phony coin! I'm going to get you if it takes the rest of my life!

Connections
Featured in Le ciné-club de Radio-Canada: Film présenté: Gendarmes et voleurs (1956)

User reviews4

Featured review

10/10

The best Italian comedy of ever

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.