''Evil Thoughts'', (
Italian
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title: ''Cattivi pensieri'', also known as ''Who Mislaid My Wife?'') is a 1976 Italian
comedy film
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written, directed and starred by
Ugo Tognazzi
Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastr ...
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Plot
The
Milan
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ese lawyer Mario Marani, due to fog at the airport, is forced to return home because his flight was canceled. At home, he finds his wife Francesca half asleep and realizes that a person is hiding in the closet of shotguns. Convinced that he is the lover of Francesca, he closes the
utility room and the next morning he departs with his wife for work purposes, continuing to mull over the alleged infidelity of his wife.
Cast
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Ugo Tognazzi
Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastr ...
: Mario Marani
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Edwige Fenech
Edwige Fenech (, ; born 24 December 1948) is a French-Italian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' and ''giallo'' films released predominantly through her 20 year career in the ...
: Francesca Marani
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Paolo Bonacelli
Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian stage and film actor.
Bonacelli graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome. After debuting on stage in Vittorio Gassman's ''Questa sera si recita a soggetto'', he had his fi ...
: Antonio Marani
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Piero Mazzarella: portinaio
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Yanti Somer: Paola
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Mara Venier
Mara Povoleri (born 20 October 1950), better known as Mara Venier (), is an Italian actress and television presenter.
Career
Venier made her debut with a main role in ''Diario di un italiano'', a TV-series based on the novel ''Wanda'' written ...
: Miss Bocconi
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Luc Merenda: Recrosio
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Veruschka: lover of Mario
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Laura Bonaparte: lover of Recrosio
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Mircha Carven: Lorenzo Macchi
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Orazio Orlando
Orazio Orlando (14 June 1933 – 18 December 1990) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica, Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953 ...
: lawyer Borderò
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Massimo Serato: Carlo Bocconi
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Pietro Brambilla: Duccio
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Beppe Viola: police commissioner
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Guido Nicheli: Ospite
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Riccardo Tognazzi: Gino
See also
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List of Italian films of 1976
References
External links
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1976 films
1970s Italian-language films
1976 comedy films
Films directed by Ugo Tognazzi
Films scored by Armando Trovajoli
Films about adultery in Italy
Italian comedy films
1970s Italian films
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