Peddlin' in Society

Peddlin' in Society
Directed by	Gennaro Righelli
Written by	Gennaro Righelli Vittorio Calvino Vittorio De Sica Fabrizio Sarazani Pietro Solari Nicola Fausto Neroni
Starring	Anna Magnani Vittorio De Sica
Cinematography	Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Gabriele Varriale
Music by	Cesare A. Bixio Felice Montagnini
Release date	1946 (1946)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Peddlin' in Society (Italian : Abbasso la ricchezza!), also known as Down With Riches!, is a 1946 Italian romantic drama film co-written and directed by Gennaro Righelli. ^{[1] [2]} It is a loose sequel to the 1945 film Down with Misery by the same director and also starring Magnani.

Plot

Street market peddler Gioconda Perfetti becomes rich and moves into a grand house. But, except for a sympathetic Count, everyone she encounters robs or cheats her and she ends up back in the street market.

Cast

• Anna Magnani as Gioconda Perfetti
• Vittorio De Sica as Count Ghirani
• Virgilio Riento as Don Nicola
• Laura Gore as Anna
• Zora Piazza as Lucia Perfetti
• John Garson as Lucky Brandy
• Lauro Gazzolo as Commendator Bardacò
• Giuseppe Porelli as Bonifazio
• Vittorio Mottini as Nino
• Galeazzo Benti as Rorò di Torretia
• Vito Annichiarico as Little Tranquillo
• Domenico Gambino as Tranquillo's Uncle
• Checco Durante as Greengrocer
• Anita Durante as Caterina
• Dina Romano as Marquise of Mendoza
• Enrico Glori as Commissioner
• Edda Soligo as Zefira
• Maria Grazia Francia

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.
2. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.

Bibliography

• Burke, Frank. A Companion to Italian Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

External links

• Peddlin' in Society at IMDb