Side Street Story

Side Street Story

91 mins | Comedy | Sept. 21, 1950

A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker

Side Street Story

91 mins | Comedy | Sept. 21, 1950

Side Street Story
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Original title Napoli milionaria
Directors Ruggero Fiorillo, Augusto Carloni, Eduardo De Filippo
Writers Piero Tellini, Dino Maiuri, Eduardo De Filippo

Cast

Eduardo De Filippo

as Gennaro Iovine

Delia Scala

as Maria Rosaria Iovine

Leda Gloria

as Amalia

Titina De Filippo

as Adelaide

Carlo Ninchi

as Il brigadiere di Ps

Totò

as Pasquale Miele

Dante Maggio

as Il rosticciere

Gianni Musy

as Amedeo

Laura Gore

as La moglie del ragionier Spasiani

Mario Soldati

as Il ragioner Spasiani

Giacomo Rondinella

as Il cantante di concertino

Rosita Pisano

as Assunta

Aldo Giuffrè

as Federico

Mario Frera

as Peppe "'o Cricco"

Concetta Palumbo

as Riruccia

Pietro Pennetti

as Un soldato

Michael Tor

as L'ufficiale americano

Carlo Mazzoni

as Il sergente americano

Pietro Carloni

as Un soldato americano

Carlo Giuffrè

as Ernesto

Nino Vingelli

as Giovanni

Sandro Ruffini

as Narrator