Toto of Arabia

Toto of Arabia
Directed by	José Antonio de la Loma  [ es ]
Written by	Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi
Produced by	Alberto Pugliese Luciano Ercoli
Starring	Totò
Cinematography	Aldo Nascimbene
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date	1965 (1965)
Running time	84 min
Countries	Italy Spain
Language	Italian

Toto of Arabia (Italian : Totò d'Arabia, Spanish : Toto de Arabia) is a 1965 Italian-Spanish adventure-comedy film directed by José Antonio de la Loma  [ es ]. It is a parody of Lawrence of Arabia and of spy films. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Toto, a former Italian military service who works as a servant at the British Intelligence Service, is promoted to secret agent with the name of Agent 00Ø8 in order to convince the ruler of Shamara, Sheikh Ali El Buzur, to yield oil to UK.

Cast

• Totò: Agent 00Ø8 Toto
• Nieves Navarro: Doris
• Fernando Sancho: Sheikh Ali el Buzur
• George Rigaud: Sir Bains
• Mario Castellani: Omar el Bedù
• Luigi Pavese: Sheikh Ali di Shamara
• Luis Cuenca: El Kasser
• Víctor Israel: Boris

References

1. Alberto Anile (1998). I film di Totò (1946-1967): la maschera tradita. Le mani, 1998. ISBN   8880120808.
2. Paolo Mereghetti (2010). Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-8860736260.

External links

• Toto of Arabia at IMDb