Pippo Franco

Pippo Franco
Total Credits at Criticker: 21 (Actor), 1 (Director), 2 (Writer)
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Avanti!
Wendell (Lemmon) goes to Italy to pick up his father's body after an automobile accident (imdb)
Ubalda, All Naked and Warm
During the Middle Ages, a clumsy knight returns home where his wife awaits him. Sensuous and beautiful, she has attracted several male admirers during his absence, but her chastity belt has maintained her faithfulness. Now is her chance to wrest the key from him and enjoy herself. The knight's portly friend has a similar problem with his equally gorgeous wife. (imdb)
Giovannona Long-Thigh
A new judge closes a cheese factory for pollution; its owner, La Noce, bribes a monsignor who points him toward an official who might fix it. La Noce needs leverage and discovers the official's taste for other men's wives. He sends his stuttering assistant, Albertini, to hire a willing woman to pretend to be La Noce's wife. Albertini finds a virginal-looking prostitute with a potty mouth... (imdb)
Basta guardarla
A young and very nice country girl joins to a little theatrical team, provoking jealousies and gossips around herself. (imdb)
The Conspirators
Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada (Ekland) is a spy and is going to denounce his revolutionary companions. So Cornacchia decides to report Spada to two "Carbonari" (kind of Freemasons) to kill Spada... (imdb)
Sugar, Honey and Pepper
Three episodes. First Valerio is mistaken for a notorious criminal. Very beautiful journalists succeed to bring him to her house for an exclusive interview. She tries to seduce him. Second. Guiseppe, an unlucky and ugly man, gets a job as a maid. His mistress falls in love for him. Third. Plinio is a taxi driver who loves his cab above all. But at one point he is involved with the kidnapping of a woman. (imdb)
Don\
This is another comedy anthology from the team that brought us Zucchero, miele e peperoncino' (1980). It features the same cast, the same premise and the same courthouse. Three cases of misunderstanding and mischief follow: First up in court is Renato (Pippo Franco), who in order to enjoy the cheapest holiday possible, builds his own beach house. The trouble starts when a small group of nudists.... (twistedanger)
Il tifoso, l\
Two soccer stories: Alvaro Presutti is a referee who seems to be the last to know about his wife having an affair with a German soccer star. Amedeo Amedei has to please both his father, a die hard Roma supporter and his future father in law, who supports Lazio. Written by Il Tesoro (imdb)
Ciao marziano
The comic adventures of a Martian in Rome.
The Conjugal Debt
Romolo, a lazy man who is bored with his marriage, leaves his wife and sets out to lead the life of a vagabond with his friend Orazio and a voluptuous nymphomaniac named Candida.
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Comedy. Pippo Sperandio, a simple clerk in a factory, steals the identity of his boss and takes temporarily in his place for a holiday in a village resort in Sardinia. He is soon kidnapped by some bandits, convinced that he is the factory's owner. (ftvdb.bfi)
A Hard Nut to Crack
Mara and Stefano are going through a difficult period. They are undergoing psychoanalysis with their neighbour, Prof. Maraldi. Mara confesses to Stefano that she is attracted to Maraldi, stirring up his jealousy and hatred. Stefano is comforted by Germana, Maraldi's pretty nurse. (raitrade)
Tutti a squola
Pippo Franco, Lino Banfi and Gianfranco D'Angelo form the cast of this hilarious film about a professor who is able to gain respect and prestige among his students only when, due to a misunderstanding, he is thought to be involved in something illegal. (negozioitalia)
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone
Film about a family and its problemS, which include unemployment and money difficulties. (ftvdb.bfi)
Il ficcanaso
A delivery boy (Pippo Franco) gets a surprise parcel of his own when a dead body appears in his apartment. Wracked by fear, the young messenger seeks the aid of Lino (Sergio Leonardi), an overworked police chief who refuses to spend time tending to the timid young man... (mrskin)
Appuntamento a Ischia
Comedy about little girl who cleverly arranges her father's remarriage.
Pensiero d\
A young English peer leaves England and Thumbs his way across Europe. He sings in hotels and restaurants to make ends meet. When he becomes successful he also finds true love. (imdb)
Boccaccio
Sex comedy set in mediaeval Florence. (bfi)
Arrivano i bersaglieri
In the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La Marmora's troops. After the armistice, the Italian soldier Alfonso killed a Pope's soldier, the son of Don Prospero. Then he sought refuge in the house of Don Prospero himself. There Costanza and Olimpia, respectively the wife and the daughter of Don Prospero, fall for him. Then Gustavo, who knew that Alfonso had killed Don Prospero's son arrived in the house... (imdb)
Tiramisù
Antonio, a representative of medical supplies with no success, finds a brilliant way to present himself to the costumers and improve his sales: the special tiramisù (an italian dessert) made by his beautiful wife Aurora. (imdb)
Gole ruggenti
What, supposedly, happens behind the scenes of the Festival of the Italian Song in Sanremo: kickbacks and payolas, the producer resisting the assaults of the record companies and the TV presenter threatening to quit. (imdb)