Toto Looks for a Wife

Toto Looks for a Wife
Theatrical film poster
ItalianTotò cerca moglie
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Written byAgenore Incrocci
Sandro Continenza
Furio Scarpelli
Vittorio Metz
StarringTotò
Ave Ninchi
Aroldo Tieri
CinematographyMario Albertelli
Edited byRenato Cinquini
Music byFranco Colosimo
Amedeo Escobar
Italia Savona
Production
company
Forum Film
Distributed byVariety Film
Release date
  • 15 March 1950 (1950-03-15)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Toto Looks for a Wife (Italian: Totò cerca moglie) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Ave Ninchi and Marisa Merlini.[1]

The film's art director was Alberto Boccianti.

Plot

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In 1950 in Australia, Aunt Agatha writes to her nephew Toto, informing him she won't send him more money to live in Italy until he gets married. Toto is in fact a happy bachelor who dabbles in sculpture and lives in luxury off his aunt's money. Now Toto's lifestyle is threatened and he's forced to find a partner before his aunt comes to Rome to meet the new couple. Thanks to a friend (Aroldo Tieri), Toto is helped, but the women are horrible or already ammogliate, which causes many misunderstandings. At the end bull is mistaken for a delinquent because of mistaken identity and misunderstanding continues when they come into the house of Toto's aunt and the new "wife", or a woman who is made to pay for pretending to be his wife Toto.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009. p. 316. ASIN B00CC96OMU. ISBN 0810868962
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