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The Passionate Thief (Italian: Risate di gioia)[1] is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Anna Magnani and Totò.[2]

The Passionate Thief
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Monicelli
Written by	Alberto Moravia Mario Monicelli Age & Scarpelli Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Produced by	Silvio Clementelli
Starring	Totò Anna Magnani
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Edited by	Adriana Novelli
Music by	Lelio Luttazzi
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1960 (1960)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Two friends (Toto and Magnani) live by their wits working as comedians and cabaret at Cinecittà, before being invited to friends' parties or masked balls during New Year's Eve in Rome. The two, however, even though they make people laugh all the time in public, live an inner conflict, namely that the two have always to be aware to give a smile to someone, but they can never be rich and happy because they are street artists and with a precarious wage.

Cast

• Anna Magnani as Gioia Fabbricotti (alias Tortorella)
• Totò as Umberto "Infortunio" Pennazzuto
• Ben Gazzara as Lello
• Fred Clark as The American
• Edy Vessel as The girl
• Gina Rovere as Mimi
• Toni Ucci as L'amico de Milena

References

External links

• The Passionate Thief at IMDb
• The Passionate Thief at AllMovie
• The Passionate Thief at Box Office Mojo
• Laughs of Joy (Risate di gioia) at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Passionate Thief at Rotten Tomatoes

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