Un uomo da ridere

 

Un uomo da ridere – Italian title

 

A 1980 Italian television production [Rai 2 TV (Rome)]

Producer: Fabrizio Centamori

Director:

Story: Lucio Fulci, Giorgio Mariuzzo

Teleplay: Lucio Fulci, Giorgio Mariuzzo

Photography: Massimo Sallusti [color]

Music: Marcello de Martino

     Song: “Un Uomo da Ridere” sung by Franco Franchi

Running time 6 episodes x 60 minutes

 

Story: Franco Franchi, interprets the artistic life of the actor Bianco Bianchi, from the 1950s to the present day told by Totò who follows Bianchi's successes and defeats from the sky.

Episode 3 concentrates on Bianchi’s time acting in Spaghetti westerns.

 

Cast: 

Bianco Bianchi - Franco Franchi (Francesco Benenato)

Madame - Rita Frei

Renatina - Marina Marfoglia

Ammarita - Gloria Paul

Amleti - Silvio Spaccesi

Totò – Dino Valdi

Zingara – Aiche’ Nana (Kiash Nanah)

Farmers – Roberto Ruggini, Pietro Torrisi

Osvaldo – Paolo Gozlino

Factotum Cinecittà – Guglielmo Spoletini

Tony Boccea – Carlo Croccolo

Vincenzon – Renato Manzella

Immordini – Luca Sportelli

Richard – Donal O’Brien

Policeman – Pippo Lauricella

Barman – Fernando Cerulli

American director – Vincenco Gentile

Assistant director – Victor Touriansky

Members of the troupe – Francesco Anzalone, Osvaldo Nastari

Actor – Enzo Andronico (Vincenzo Andronico), Alfredo Adami

Bandit – Franco Diogene

Blacksmith – Umberto Amambrini

Antonio Sabato – Antonio Sabato

Duccio Tessari – Duccio Tessari (Amadeo Tessari)

Totò’s voice – Carlo Croccolo

[photo courtesy of Michael Ferguson]