''The Anonymous Roylott'' () is a 1936 Italian

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directed by

Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo (17 August 1909 – 17 May 1966) was an Italian filmmaker. Life Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper ''Il Tevere'' before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films ...

and starring

Camillo Pilotto Camillo Pilotto (6 February 1888 Birth name: Camillo Raul Vittorio Pilotto. – 27 May 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 101 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Song ...

Isa Pola Isa Pola (born Maria Luisa Betti di Montesano; 19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career; an early screen role was the female lead in ''Steel (1933 film), S ...

and

Giulio Donadio Giulio Donadio (5 July 1889 – 15 June 1951) was an Italian actor and film director. Donadio appeared in over forty films between 1912 and 1947, including the historical melodrama '' Red Passport'' (1935).Landy p.155 He also directed several film ...

.Apra p.99 The film is an adaptation of a play set in the United States, about a murder that arises over a dispute at the Roylott

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company. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was distributed by the Italian branch of

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Cast

as Avvocato Giorgio Evans * Italo Pirani as Joe Roylott * Carlo Lombardi as Eric Roylott *

as Ingegner Rogers * Romano Calò as MacKay, ispettore di polizia *

as Helena Roylott, nipote di Joe *

Mino Doro Mino Doro (6 May 1903 – 13 April 1992) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred films between 1932 and 1970. Doro generally played supporting and character roles. He appeared as a blackshirt in the 1934 Fascist propaganda f ...

as Ing. Giorgo Harris, fidanzato di Helena * as Peters, direttore amministrativo *

Emma Baron Emma Baron (19 October 1904 – 7 March 1986https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056228/ Imdb ) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born Emma Bardon in Treviso, after getting an arts degree she began her career on stage in the 1920s, ...

as Jean, moglie di Peters * Olga Solbelli as Anna * Giovanni Conforti as ingegner Dixon *

Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Paolo Stoppa was born in Rome into a family of a ministerial official, Luigi Stoppa, and Adriana De Antonis. He began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome ...

as De Paoli, usciere * as Claire, segretaria dell'avv. Evans *

Mario Ferrari Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian film actor. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He pla ...

as Stark, capo della polizia * Corrado Antonicelli as Morris, agente di polizia * Beatrice Mancini as centralinista * Aldo Pierantoni as avvocato *

Zoe Incrocci Zoe Incrocci (21 September 1917 – 6 November 2003) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Born in Brescia, Italy, Incrocci was the older sister of the screenwriter Agenore Incrocci. She made her film debut at young age in a sup ...

as dattilografa *Norma Nova as dattilografa * as impiegata *

Nietta Zocchi Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al conce ...

as segretaria

References

Bibliography

* Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979.

External links

* 1936 films Italian thriller films Italian black-and-white films 1930s thriller films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo Italian films based on plays Foreign films set in the United States Cines Studios films 1930s Italian films Italian-language thriller films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub