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The Passionate Thief(Movie, 1960)

Original title: "Risate di gioia" (Italian/IT)
1h 46min | Genre: Comedy
The Passionate ThiefRating: 3.5/5 (with 2121 votes)
The Passionate Thief (Italian: Risate di gioia) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Anna Magnani and Totò and Ben Gazzara. ()
Part of the Totò Collection
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About The Passionate Thief

On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.

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Additional Information

Production country: Italy
Shot in: Rome
Plays in: Rome
Made by: Titanus
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: Italian (IT)
Translated into 8 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/12/1960
Director: Mario Monicelli
Film Editor: Adriana Novelli
Director of Photography: Leonida Barboni
Composer: Lelio Luttazzi
Production Designer: Piero Gherardi
Keywords: new years eve

94 movies in the Totò Collection

1937 Hands Off Me! ("Fermo con le mani!")
1939 Animal Crackers ("Animali Pazzi")
1945 The Rape of the Sabine ("Il ratto delle Sabine")
1948 Toto Tours Italy ("Totò al giro d'Italia")
1949 The Emperor of Capri ("L'imperatore di Capri")
1949 The Firemen of Viggiù ("I pompieri di Viggiù")
1949 Yvonne of the Night ("Yvonne la Nuit")
1950 47 Talking Corpses ("47 morto che parla")
1950 Side Street Story ("Napoli milionaria")
1950 Toto the Sheik ("Totò sceicco")
1951 Cops and Robbers ("Guardie e ladri")
1951 Toto the Third Man ("Totò terzo uomo")
1952 Toto and the Kings of Rome ("Totò e i re di Roma")
1952 Toto and the Women ("Totò e le Donne")
1952 Totó in color ("Totò a colori")
1953 Funniest Show on Earth ("Il più comico spettacolo del mondo")
1953 Man, Beast and Virtue ("L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù")
1953 Neapolitan Turk ("Un turco napoletano")
1954 Of Life and Love ("Questa è la vita")
1954 Poverty and Nobility ("Miseria e nobiltà")
1954 The Gold of Naples ("L'oro di Napoli")
1954 Where Is Freedom? ("Dov'è la libertà...?")
1955 Are We Men or Corporals? ("Siamo uomini o caporali")
1955 Roman Tales ("Racconti romani")
1955 Toto and Carolina ("Totò e Carolina")
1956 The Band of Honest Men ("La banda degli onesti")
1956 Totò Double or Nothing? ("Totò, lascia o raddoppia?")
1956 Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy ("Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina")
1957 Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor ("Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa")
1958 Legs of Gold ("Gambe d'oro")
1958 The Law Is the Law ("La loi c'est la loi")
1958 Toto and Marcellino ("Totò e Marcellino")
1958 Toto in Paris ("Totò a Parigi")
1959 The Overtaxed ("I tartassati")
1959 The Thieves ("I ladri")
1959 Toto in Madrid ("Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito")
1959 You're on Your Own ("Arrangiatevi!")
1960 He Who Hesitates Is Lost ("Chi si ferma è perduto")
1960 The Passionate Thief
1960 Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today ("Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi")
1961 The Two Marshals ("I 2 marescialli")
1961 Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life ("Totò, Peppino e la dolce vita")
1962 Toto at Night ("Totò di notte n. 1")
1963 Gli onorevoli ("Gli Onorevoli")
1963 The Commandant ("Il comandante")
1963 The Monk of Monza ("Il Monaco di Monza")
1963 Toto and Cleopatra ("Totò e Cleopatra")
1963 Totò Sexy ("Totòsexy")
1963 Totò vs the Four ("Totò contro i quattro")
1963 Two Colonels ("I 2 colonnelli")
1964 Beautiful Families ("Le belle famiglie")
1964 What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? ("Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby?")
1965 Rita the American Girl ("Rita, la figlia americana")
1965 The Mandrake ("La mandragola")
1966 The Hawks and the Sparrows ("Uccellacci e uccellini")
1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro ("Operazione San Gennaro")
1967 The Witches ("Le streghe")
1968 Caprice Italian Style ("Capriccio all'italiana")

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