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Love and Larceny: Directed by Dino Risi. With Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero, Mario Carotenuto. Gerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison.
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- Comedy
- Dino Risi
- 1961-05-24
Love & Larceny is a 1985 Canadian biographical drama television film directed by Robert Iscove and written by Douglas Bowie. Based on a true story, it stars Jennifer Dale as Betsy Bigley, a Canadian confidence trickster, who successfully defrauded American banks of millions of dollars by posing as the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie.
- Biographical Drama
Love and Larceny (in Italian, Il mattatore, "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.
Directed by Dino Risi. Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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- Dino Risi
Anna-Maria Ferrero Cast. Mario Carotenuto Cast. Ettore Scola Screenplay. Furio Scarpelli Screenplay. Sergio Pugliese Screenplay. Critics reviews. A lousy actor impersonates a businessman, gets caught, serves time, and emerges from prison as the consummate con-man. He and his partner become quite successful at fleecing their marks.
Great acting performance for Vittorio Gassman here in this "Love and Larceny", an opportunity for him to show his unique talent. Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero and Mario Carotenuto are also very good in their roles.
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Love and Larceny Synopsis Gerardo (Gassman) starts out as a vaudeville performer and noting that acting abilities can be used for less legit purposes, he creatively assumes different guises in order to con people out of anything from a pair of shoes to ultimately mucho lira.
