L'eroe della strada

L'eroe della strada
Directed by	Carlo Borghesio
Written by	Carlo Borghesio Leo Benvenuti Mario Amendola Mario Monicelli Steno
Produced by	Luigi Rovere
Starring	Erminio Macario
Cinematography	Renato del Frate
Music by	Nino Rota
Release date	1948 (1948)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

L'eroe della strada (i.e. "The hero of the road") is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

Felice Manetti, a poor, unemployed man, is accused of stealing a barrel organ. Saved by the testimony of Gaetano, a con man who pretends to be a former partisan, then Felice falls in love with a cigarette girl whose husband went missing in war.

Cast

• Erminio Macario as Felice Manetti
• Carlo Ninchi as Gaetano Salvatore
• Delia Scala (credited as Lia Della Scala) as Giulietta Marchi
• Folco Lulli as Head of the Workers
• Piero Lulli as Paolo
• Monica Egg as Paulette Jones
• Cesare Costarelli as Comm. Zanotti
• Carlo Rizzo as Political Agitator
• Arnoldo Foà as Prosecutor

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.
2. Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini. Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film. Zanichelli, 2010. ISBN   8808227227.
3. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.

External links

• L'eroe della strada at IMDb