''Letto a tre piazze'' (translation: ''The King-Sized Bed'') is a 1960

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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 ...

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directed by Steno. The film marked the last collaboration between

and

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, author of the script and initially chosen as director.

Cast

: Antonio Di Cosimo *

Peppino De Filippo Giuseppe "Peppino" De Filippo (24 August 1903 – 27 January 1980) was an Italian actor. De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and dramatist Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina De Filippo. He made his stage debut at the age of six. ...

: Prof. Peppino Castagnano *

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: Amalia * Cristina Gajoni: Prassede, the maid *

Aroldo Tieri Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969. Life and career Born in Corigliano Calabro, province of Cosenza, son of the journalist and playwright Vincen ...

: Lawyer Vacchi * Gabriele Tinti: Nino, lover of Prassede *

Angela Luce Angela Luce (born 3 December 1937) is an Italian film actress and singer of '' canzone napoletana''. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958. Partial filmography * '' La sposa'' (1958) - Margherita * ''Avventura a Capri'' (1959) - Francesca * ...

: Jeannette *

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 ...

: The Principal *

Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Life and career Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he q ...

: The Hotel Manager

Censorship

When ''Letto A Tre Piazze'' was first released in Italy in 1960 the

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agreed upon its release on the following conditions. 1) the sequence that includes a dancer in a nightclub will be deleted. In particular the sequence in which a dancer, seen in the background behind the heads of Tieri and De Filipo, is doing the belly dance. The afore mentioned scene is considered to be offensive to morality. The scene was shortened by 19 meters, it is currently 22 meters total. Document N° 32482 signed on 28 September 1960 Italia Taglia
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* 1960 films Films directed by Stefano Vanzina Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Italian comedy films 1960 comedy films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub