Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956)

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 19/01/2023, 16:04

Director

Camillo Mastrocinque

Storyline

The Duke Gagliardo della Forcoletta, a penniless expert in horse-races, finds out he has a daughter, Emma Marini, who works in the Bar Aurora. The Duke decides to participate in "Lascia o Raddoppia," a TV quiz show, in order to win the five million lira necessary to buy the bar, inadvertently becoming a celebrity when he wins. Gangsters Nick Molise and Joe Taccola bet between themselves on his success and attempt to fix the outcome.

Cast

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 19/01/2023, 16:40

Cast

Actors credited in the Italian version, in credit order.

Totò
as Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta

Mike Bongiorno
as Himself, the game show host

Dorian Gray
as Ellen

Valeria Moriconi
as Elsa Marini

Gabriele Tinti
as Bruno Palmieri

Carlo Croccolo
as Camillo

Rosanna Schiaffino
as Colomba

Edy Campagnoli
as Herself, the game show hostess

Gisella Monaldi
as Signora Bice

Luigi Pavese
as Anastasio, owner of Bar Aurora

Elio Pandolfi
as Osvaldo

Giovanna Cobelli
(credited as "Gianna Cobelli")
as Marietta

Rocco D'Assunta
as Joe Taccola

Vincent Barbi
(credited as "Vince Barbi")
as Tommy

Bruce Cabot
as Nick Molise
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Post by **PeplumParadise** » 19/01/2023, 17:31

Uncredited actors A-L

Umberto Alivernini
as Nightclub customer

Zulina Badaloni
as Woman watching the quiz show in Bar Aurora

Mirko Bajocchi
as Nightclub musician

Sonia Balabin
as Member of TV audience

Aristide Catoni
as Man at the racetrack

Enrico Cesaretti
as Man at the racetrack

Franz Colangelo
as Man at the racetrack

Dina De Santis
as Woman at the racetrack

Augusto Di Giovanni
as Man at the racetrack (there is more to his role than this, but I need to work out a better description)

Andrea Esterhazy
as Nightclub customer

Riccardo Ferri
as Customer in Bar Aurora

Eugenio Galadini
as Man at the racetrack

Amedeo Girard
as Deaf man at the racetrack

Pier Ugo Gragnani
as Man at the racetrack

"Leone Lookalike"
as Hallway guard at the TV studio

Rodolfo Lodi
as Nightclub customer

"Lurch"
as Man at the racetrack

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 19/01/2023, 18:29

Uncredited actors M-Z

Ugo Mari
as Man at the racetrack

Attilio Martella
as Lodger in the pensione

Felice Minotti
as Man at the racetrack

Terzo Monachesi
as Man at the racetrack

Sandro Mondini
as Man at the racetrack

Rio Nobile
as Man who introduces Gagliardo to the countess

Nicoletta Orsomando
as Herself, the TV presenter

Gianni Partanna
as Nightclub maitre'd (I think Dorian Gray calls him "George")

Mario Pascucci
as Man at the racetrack

Fulvio Pellegrino
as TV studio employee

Amina Pirani Maggi
as Lodger at the pensione

Mimmo Poli
as Bookmaker

Enzo Ricciardi
as 1. Man at the racetrack
as 2. Man watching the quiz show in Bar Aurora

Michele Righi
as Bookmaker

"Sleepy Eyes"
as Man at the racetrack

"Snobbish-looking Lady"
as Woman at the racetrack

Alberto Venturi
as Man at the racetrack

Guido Zacchetti
as Lodger at the pensione

Uncredited actors listed by other sources

Maura Dani - IMDb
Giuliana Farnese - We previously had her identified as Woman watching the quiz show in Bar Aurora, but on viewing HD images it has been decided it is not her

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 19/01/2023, 18:34

Unidentified actors

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 19/01/2023, 18:41

Unidentified actors

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 19/01/2023, 18:46

Unidentified actors

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 19/01/2023, 23:14

Im quite sure the woman on the left with the jacket in pic n.1 is the Snobbish-looking lady, Johan can confirm that to us since he is the big expert on her, but im quite sure:
viewtopic.php?t=630

in5-6 is a young Enrico Cesaretti passing by behind Totò and i think he is on the left too in pic 61

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 20/01/2023, 9:58

Ciavazzaro wrote: ↑
19/01/2023, 23:14
Im quite sure the woman on the left with the jacket in pic n.1 is the Snobbish-looking lady, Johan can confirm that to us since he is the big expert on her, but im quite sure:
viewtopic.php?t=630

in5-6 is a young Enrico Cesaretti passing by behind Totò and i think he is on the left too in pic 61

Thanks, Cesaretti added.

Will wait for Johan's opinion for "Snobbish-looking lady", but it might be a long wait as he hasn't been around since new year.

Post by **Johan Melle** » 24/01/2023, 20:15

PeplumParadise wrote: ↑
20/01/2023, 9:58

Ciavazzaro wrote: ↑
19/01/2023, 23:14
Im quite sure the woman on the left with the jacket in pic n.1 is the Snobbish-looking lady, Johan can confirm that to us since he is the big expert on her, but im quite sure:
viewtopic.php?t=630

in5-6 is a young Enrico Cesaretti passing by behind Totò and i think he is on the left too in pic 61
Thanks, Cesaretti added.

Will wait for Johan's opinion for "Snobbish-looking lady", but it might be a long wait as he hasn't been around since new year.

I'm still around, but working on another project, so probably won't be posting much for a while.

Anyway, I agree on both counts (plus Cesaretti is also in pic 2).

About Giuliana Farnese, she is misidentified. She was supposed to be the woman on the far left in pic 89. At least that seemed like her in the old print, but less so in this HD print. This woman is maybe too old to be Giuliana in 1956...

Oh, and the man in pics 22-24 and again in 55-57 is Pier Ugo Gragnani.