''Sissignore'', internationally released as ''Dismissed on His Wedding Night'' and ''Yes Sir'', is a 1968 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

written, directed and starred by

Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk fo ...

Plot

Oscar (

) is a driver whom to stay in the good graces of his master, a well-known businessman known as the "Lawyer" (

Gastone Moschin Gastone Moschin (8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Career Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began ...

), assumes the responsibility of a serious car accident, with 15 deaths, caused by the "Lawyer". After three years in prison, Oscar comes out but is promptly brought to the church to marry a beautiful young woman ( Maria Grazia Buccella) whom he has never seen before and that is actually the lover of the "Lawyer".

Cast

as Oscar Pettini * Maria Grazia Buccella as Maria Tommaso *

as the "Lawyer" *

Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi (; 15 February 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Life and career Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several revu ...

as Ottavio, the butler * Ferruccio De Ceresa as Calandra *

Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comed ...

as Facchetti

References

External links

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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...

1968 films 1960s Italian-language films 1968 comedy films Films directed by Ugo Tognazzi Adultery in films Italian comedy films Films scored by Berto Pisano 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub