Un giorno in pretura

Un giorno in pretura
Film poster
Directed by	Steno
Produced by	Gianni Hecht Lucari
Written by	Sandro Continenza Lucio Fulci Steno
Starring	Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Cinematography	Marco Scarpelli
Edited by	Giuliana Attenni
Release dates	1954 (1954)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Un giorno in pretura is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

An Italian court in Rome during the Fifties. All kinds of illegalities are brought to trial in front of Judge Lo Russo, well known for his inflexibility and severity in the administration of justice. Slowly he begins however to sympathize with the accused.

Alberto Sordi plays the role of Nando Moriconi, a Roman bully fascinated with America, who ends up in court being accused of public indecency after having his clothes stolen during a bath in Ciociaria.

Cast

Peppino De Filippo as Judge Salomone Lorusso
Silvana Pampanini as Luisa
Alberto Sordi as Nando Moriconi
Sophia Loren as Anna
Tania Weber as Elena (as Tanja Weber)
Leopoldo Trieste as Leopoldo
Walter Chiari as Don Michele
Armenia Balducci as The fiancée
Virgilio Riento as Virgilio
Giulio Calì as Augusto Mencacci
Turi Pandolfini as Il cancelliere
Vincenzo Talarico as Avvocato difensore
Ubaldo Lay as Il fidanzato di Anna (as Ubaldo Laj)
Amalia Pellegrini as Vecchia signora
Cesare Bettarini as Avv. Tonnara
Maurizio Arena as Lorenzo

References

↑ "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Retrieved 1 August 2010.

External links

Un giorno in pretura at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Steno

A Night of Fame (1949)
A Dog's Life (1950)
È arrivato il cavaliere! (1950)
Cops and Robbers (1951)
Toto and the King of Rome (1952)
Toto and the Women (1952)
Toto in Color (1952)
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)
Cinema d'altri tempi (1953)
Un giorno in pretura (1953)
An American in Rome (1954)
Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1954)
The Letters Page (1955)
Nero's Weekend (1956)
Female Three Times (1957)
Susanna Whipped Cream (1957)
Maid, Thief and Guard (1958)
Mia nonna poliziotto (1958)
Toto in the Moon (1958)
Toto in Madrid (1959)
The Overtaxed (1959)
Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
Un militare e mezzo (1960)
Letto a tre piazze (1960)
Some Like It Cold (1960)
Psycosissimo (1961)
Musketeers of the Sea (1961)
La ragazza di mille mesi (1961)
The Two Colonels (1962)
Totò Diabolicus (1962)
Copacabana Palace (1962)
Toto vs. the Four (1963)
Heroes of the West (1964)
I gemelli del Texas (1964)
A Monster and a Half (1964)
Letti sbagliati (1965)
Rose rosse per Angelica (1965)
Love Italian Style (1966)
The Crazy Kids of the War (1967)
How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967)
Caprice Italian Style (1967)
Transplant (1969)
Gang War (1971)
The Blonde in the Blue Movie (1971)
Execution Squad (1971)
Il terrore con gli occhi storti (1972)
L'uccello migratore (1972)
My Brother Anastasia (1973)
Flatfoot (1973)
Policewoman (1974)
Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1974)
The Boss and the Worker (1975)
Febbre da cavallo (1976)
L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977)
Double Murder (1977)
Flatfoot in Africa (1978)
Amori miei (1978)
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
Hot Potato (1979)
Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
Prickly Pears (1980)
Quando la coppia scoppia (1981)
Il tango della gelosia (1981)
Dio li fa e poi li accoppia (1982)
Banana Joe (1982)
An Ideal Adventure (1982)
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1982)
Mani di fata (1983)
Mi faccia causa (1984)
Urban Animals (1987)
Big Man (1987)

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