''Le motorizzate'' ("The motorized women") is a 1963

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written and directed by

Marino Girolami Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor. Biography Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a Professional boxing, professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing c ...

Plot

Five segments. The collision between a van of religious, supporters of the Christian Democrats, and a

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with on board a group of young militants of the PCI. Misadventures of a prostitute who works into a caravan placed under a viaduct. A walker faces a foot race to the beat of music. The poor Urbano Cacace impersonates a traffic policeman in order to feed his family. A woman with her brand new car hit a man who tries to take advantage of the incident attempting an insurance scam.

Cast

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il principe della risat ...

as Urbano Cacace *

Walter Chiari Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles. Biography Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originall ...

as Walter *

Bice Valori Maria Beatrice "Bice" Valori (; 13 May 1927 – 17 March 1980) was an Italian actress, comedian and television and radio personality. Early life and career Born in Rome, Valori studied at the Silvio d'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating ...

as Lola Rossi *

Ave Ninchi Ave Maria Ninchi (; 14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included '' Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's '' M ...

as Sister Teresa *

Sandra Mondaini Alessandrina "Sandra" Mondaini (; 1 September 1931 – 21 September 2010) was an Italian actress, singer, and television and radio presenter. She appeared in 30 films between 1953 and 2008. Born in Milan, Italy, she was originated of Lambra ...

as The Lady Driver *

Raimondo Vianello Raimondo Vianello (7 May 1922 – 15 April 2010) was an Italian film actor, comedian, and television host. He was a well-known Italian television personality. Biography He was born in Rome, but spent his youth in Pula, where his father, an ...

as Camillo *

Gianni Agus Gianni Agus (17 August 1917 – 4 March 1994) was an Italian actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1938. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1938 and 1991. Life and career Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, after his diploma ...

as The Prosecutor * France Anglade as Sister Maria *

Carlo Pisacane Carlo Pisacane, Duke of San Giovanni (1818–1857) was an Italian patriot and one of the first Italian socialist thinkers. He was an early advocate of propaganda by deed, arguing that violence was necessary not only to draw attention to, or gen ...

as Achille *

Valeria Fabrizi Valeria Fabrizi (born 20 October 1936) is an Italian actress, singer, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1957. Life and career Born in Verona, in 1936 Fabrizi made her acting debut in the revue ''Campione senza ...

as Valeria *

Riccardo Billi Riccardo Billi (22 April 1906 – 15 April 1982) was an Italian film actor and comedian. With Mario Riva he appeared as ''Billi & Riva'', one of the most popular Italian comic duos in the 1950s. He appeared in around 85 films between 1938 a ...

as Righetto *

Michel Galabru Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor. Career Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for '' Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. ...

as Pompeo Saronno *

Vinicio Sofia Vinicio Sofia (13 November 1907 – 30 December 1982) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Corleone in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sofia began his career on screen in 1933 when he made his film debut in ''Black Shir ...

as Commendator Pelliccioni *

Anna Campori Anna Campori (22 September 1917 – 19 January 2018) was an Italian actress. From 1951 onwards, she appeared in 70 films. Life and career Born in Rome, Italy, after the debut on stage in a small company of prose Campori moved shortly after in ...

as Miss Cacace *

Mario Castellani Mario Castellani (24 November 190625 April 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre prod ...

as Inspector *

Pierre Doris Pierre Doris (1919–2009) was a French actor and humorist. Selected filmography * '' Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' (1957) - Le chasseur du 'Néant' * '' Love Is at Stake'' (1957) - Le publiciste * '' The Tricyclist'' (1957) - Le voyageur à l ...

as Lola's Client *

Liana Orfei Liana Orfei (born 6 June 1937) is an Italian actress and circus artist. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1971. Life and career Born in San Giovanni in Persiceto, the daughter and niece of famous circus artists, since her chi ...

as Cacace's Defence Counsel *

Ennio Girolami Enio Girolami (14 January 1935 – 16 February 2013), sometimes credited as Thomas Moore, was an Italian film and television actor. Born in Rome, son of director Marino Girolami and brother of director Enzo G. Castellari, Girolami made his ...

as Activist of Communist Party * Corrado Mantoni as narrator / interviewer

References

External links

* 1963 films Films directed by Marino Girolami Italian comedy films 1963 comedy films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub