Side Street Story
(1950)

Released: 1950-09-21

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A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker

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Eduardo De Filippo

as Gennaro Iovine

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Delia Scala

as Maria Rosaria Iovine

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Carlo Ninchi

as Il brigadiere di Ps

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Totò

as Pasquale Miele

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Dante Maggio

as Il rosticciere

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Laura Gore

as La moglie del ragionier Spasiani

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Mario Soldati

as Il ragioner Spasiani

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Giacomo Rondinella

as Il cantante di concertino

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Mario Frera

as Peppe "'o Cricco"

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Michael Tor

as L'ufficiale americano

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Carlo Mazzoni

as Il sergente americano

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