The Strange Type

The Strange Type

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 28, 1963

Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for autographs and personal appearances. While Celentano tries to romance Emanuela Mazzolani, the daughter of a well-to-do resident who dissaproves of the union between his daughter and the man he thinks of as a "punk", Peppino, unaware of the true nature of his job to impersonate Celentano, tries to deal with his girlfriend's newborn baby which gets switched around between him and Celentano.

The Strange Type

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 28, 1963

The Strange Type
Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for autographs and personal appearances. While Celentano tries to romance Emanuela Mazzolani, the daughter of a well-to-do resident who dissaproves of the union between his daughter and the man he thinks of as a "punk", Peppino, unaware of the true nature of his job to impersonate Celentano, tries to deal with his girlfriend's newborn baby which gets switched around between him and Celentano.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Giovanni Addessi Produzione Cinematografica
Original title Uno strano tipo
Directors Lucio Fulci
Writers Vittorio Metz, Lucio Fulci

Cast

Adriano Celentano

as Peppino

Claudia Mori

as Carmelina

Donatella Turri

as Emanuela Mazzolani

Giacomo Furia

as Direttore dell'hotel

Rosalba Neri

as Marina

Luigi Pavese

as M. Mazzolani

Carlo Campanini

as Il frate