Casanova's Big Night

Casanova's Big Night

86 mins | Comedy, Adventure | April 7, 1954

Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.

Casanova's Big Night

86 mins | Comedy, Adventure | April 7, 1954

Casanova's Big Night
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount
Original title Casanova's Big Night
Directors Ralph Axness, Norman Z. McLeod, Michael D. Moore
Writers Edmund L. Hartmann, Aubrey Wisberg, Hal Kanter

Cast

Bob Hope

as Pippo Popolino

Joan Fontaine

as Francesca Bruni

Audrey Dalton

as Elena Di Gambetta

Basil Rathbone

as Lucio / Narrator

Hugh Marlowe

as Stefano Di Gambetta

Arnold Moss

as The Doge

John Carradine

as Foressi

John Hoyt

as Maggiorin

Hope Emerson

as Duchess of Castelbello

Robert Hutton

as Raphael, Duc of Castelbello

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Emo, the Murderer

Raymond Burr

as Bragadin

Frieda Inescort

as Signora Di Gambetta

Frank Puglia

as Carabaccio

Paul Cavanagh

as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta

Romo Vincent

as Giovanni

Henry Brandon

as Capt. Rugello

Natalie Schafer

as Signora Foressi

Douglas Fowley

as Second Prisoner

Nestor Paiva

as Gnocchi

Lucien Littlefield

as First Prisoner

Oliver Blake

as Amadeo (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Ambassador (uncredited)

John Doucette

as Mounted Guard (uncredited)

Kathryn Grant

as Girl on Bridge (uncredited)

Joe Gray

as Court Guard (uncredited)

Chuck Hicks

as Assistant Headsman (uncredited)

Vincent Price

as Casanova

Anthony Warde

as (uncredited)

Primo Carnera

as Corfa

Bess Flowers

as Marquesa

Skelton Knaggs

as Little Man