A Qualcuna Piace Calvo

1959 Italian film

1959 (1959)

Running time

96 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

A Qualcuna Piace Calvo is a 1959 Italian film, directed by Mario Amendola, starring Magali Noël, Antonio Cifariello, Roberto Risso and Gisella Sofio.

Plot

Giovanna has taken an infatuation with a film actor who has a bald head as a particular sign. The star needs a person to help him deal with the correspondence of his numerous admirers. Giovanna doesn't think twice and, disguising herself as a man, she gets hired as a typist for her secretary. The actor decides to replace his old harpist; the young musician Marcella shows up at the announcement, but the place is reserved for men only. She too decides to dress up as a man and gets the job.^[1]

Cast

Antonio Cifariello as Alberto Rossi
Magali Noël as Marcella Salustri
Roberto Risso as Renato Salustri
Gisella Sofio as Giovanna
Glamor Mora as Alicia Morena
Tiberio Murgia as Rosario De Luca
Rossana Rossanigo as Lucia
Alberto Sorrentino as Moreno
Pupella Maggio as Madre di Marcella
Lydia Johnson as Gertrude Robinson
Giuseppe Porelli as Peppino
Loretta Capitoli as Invitata
Alfredo Rizzo as Agente
Dina De Santis as Cameriera
Enzo Garinei as Portiere d'albergo
Rhea Capparelli as Lolita
Edda Ferronao as Invitata
Mario Carotenuto as Ispettore
Tino Carraro as John Bryll
Joe Sentieri as Cantante del Sing-Sing
Giuliano Gemma as Uomo in ascensore

Censorship

When A Qualcuno Piace Calvo was first released in Italy in 1959, the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities approved the film for viewing provided that the scene in which the woman is wearing a revealing teddy and wiggling her hips voluptuously to draw the man's attention was removed. The official document number is: 30901, it was signed on 23 December 1959 by Minister Domenico Magrì.