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1954 film

The Doctor of the Mad
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Ruggero Maccari Mario Mattoli Totò Eduardo Scarpetta Vincenzo Talarico (from a play written by Eduardo Scarpetta)
Produced by	Alfredo De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti
Starring	Totò
Cinematography	Riccardo Pallottini
Music by	Pippo Barzizza
Production company	Ponti
Distributed by	Variety Film
Release date	13 September 1954 (1954-09-13)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Doctor of the Mad (Italian: Il medico dei pazzi) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Franca Marzi and Aldo Giuffrè. It is based on a 1908 Naples-set play of the same name by Eduardo Scarpetta.

Plot summary

Felice Sciosciammocca is the mayor of Roccasecca, who sent in Naples the nephew Ciccillo, so that he will become a good doctor. But Ciccillo does anything but study, and makes a debt with a loan shark. Also receives a letter that his uncle is going to come to Naples with his family to find him. Ciccillo, who lives in the "Stella Hotel", a full house of "eccentric" people, pretends that Felice believes that the pension is the clinic, and the customers the fools. Felice Sciosciammocca admires everything, but Ciccillo, to heal his debt, must move away. So Felice is left alone in the guest house, doesn't know how to get himself out of trouble...

Cast

Totò as Felice Sciosciammocca
Franca Marzi as La moglie di Cristaldi
Aldo Giuffrè as Ciccillo
Vittoria Crispo as Amalia
Carlo Ninchi as L'attore
Tecla Scarano as La moglie di Felice
Nerio Bernardi as Il colonello
Giacomo Furia as Michele
Nora Ricci as La figlia di Amalia
Anna Campori as Una signora
Mario Castellani as Cristaldi
Amedeo Girardi
Ugo D'Alessio
Rosita Pisano
Pupella Maggio
Enzo Garinei
Maria Pia Casilio as Margherita

References

Bìspuri p.147

Bibliography

Ennio Bìspuri. Totò: principe clown : tutti i film di Totò. Guida Editori, 1997.

External links

The Doctor of the Mad at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Mario Mattoli
Full Speed (1934) I Love You Only (1935) The Man Who Smiles (1936) Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936) La Damigella di Bard (1936) Music in the Square (1936) The Last Days of Pompeo (1937) These Children (1937) Felicita Colombo (1937) Destiny (1938) Triumph of Love (1938) Nonna Felicità (1938) A Lady Did It (1938) The Lady in White (1938) At Your Orders, Madame (1939) We Were Seven Widows (1939) Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939) Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939) Abandonment (1940) The Pirate's Dream (1940) Non me lo dire! (1940) Light in the Darkness (1941) Schoolgirl Diary (1941) I Live as I Please (1942) Invisible Chains (1942) The Three Pilots (1942) The Lady Is Fickle (1942) Sealed Lips (1942) Nothing New Tonight (1942) The Valley of the Devil (1943) Lively Teresa (1943) Anything for a Song (1943) The Last Wagon (1943) The Za-Bum Circus (1944) Life Begins Anew (1945) Departure at Seven (1946) The Two Orphans (1947) Toto Tours Italy (1948) Fear and Sand (1948) Cab Number 13 (1948) Assunta Spina (1948) Little Lady (1949) The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) Adam and Eve (1949) Totò Tarzan (1950) The Merry Widower (1950) The Elusive Twelve (1950) The Cadets of Gascony (1950) Toto the Sheik (1950) Toto the Third Man (1951) The Steamship Owner (1951) Arrivano i nostri (1951) My Heart Sings (1951) Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) Sardinian Vendetta (1952) Neapolitan Turk (1953) Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) Funniest Show on Earth (1953) Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) Toto Seeks Peace (1954) The Doctor of the Mad (1954) Poverty and Nobility (1954) L'ultimo amante (1955) Eighteen Year Olds (1955) I giorni più belli (1956) Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957) Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958) Move and I'll Shoot (1958) Tipi da spiaggia (1959) Prepotenti più di prima (1959) Non perdiamo la testa (1959) Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959) Gentlemen Are Born (1960) Un mandarino per Teo (1960) Appuntamento a Ischia (1960) Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960) Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961) Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961) Appuntamento in riviera (1962) 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962) Obiettivo ragazze (1963) Corpse for the Lady (1964) For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

Films directed by Mario Mattoli

Full Speed (1934)
I Love You Only (1935)
The Man Who Smiles (1936)
Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936)
La Damigella di Bard (1936)
Music in the Square (1936)
The Last Days of Pompeo (1937)
These Children (1937)
Felicita Colombo (1937)
Destiny (1938)
Triumph of Love (1938)
Nonna Felicità (1938)
A Lady Did It (1938)
The Lady in White (1938)
At Your Orders, Madame (1939)
We Were Seven Widows (1939)
Defendant, Stand Up! (1939)
Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939)
Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939)
Abandonment (1940)
The Pirate's Dream (1940)
Non me lo dire! (1940)
Light in the Darkness (1941)
Schoolgirl Diary (1941)
I Live as I Please (1942)
Invisible Chains (1942)
The Three Pilots (1942)
The Lady Is Fickle (1942)
Sealed Lips (1942)
Nothing New Tonight (1942)
The Valley of the Devil (1943)
Lively Teresa (1943)
Anything for a Song (1943)
The Last Wagon (1943)
The Za-Bum Circus (1944)
Life Begins Anew (1945)
Departure at Seven (1946)
The Two Orphans (1947)
Toto Tours Italy (1948)
Fear and Sand (1948)
Cab Number 13 (1948)
Assunta Spina (1948)
Little Lady (1949)
The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
Adam and Eve (1949)
Totò Tarzan (1950)
The Merry Widower (1950)
The Elusive Twelve (1950)
The Cadets of Gascony (1950)
Toto the Sheik (1950)
Toto the Third Man (1951)
The Steamship Owner (1951)
Arrivano i nostri (1951)
My Heart Sings (1951)
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952)
Sardinian Vendetta (1952)
Neapolitan Turk (1953)
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
Funniest Show on Earth (1953)
Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)
Toto Seeks Peace (1954)
The Doctor of the Mad (1954)
Poverty and Nobility (1954)
L'ultimo amante (1955)
Eighteen Year Olds (1955)
I giorni più belli (1956)
Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958)
Move and I'll Shoot (1958)
Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
Prepotenti più di prima (1959)
Non perdiamo la testa (1959)
Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
Gentlemen Are Born (1960)
Un mandarino per Teo (1960)
Appuntamento a Ischia (1960)
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)
Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
Appuntamento in riviera (1962)
5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
Corpse for the Lady (1964)
For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

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