ALBERTO SORDI

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Un americano a Roma
(in praise of American food)



Mamma mia che impressione
(a trip to the seaside)



Via Padova 46 (aka Lo scocciatore)
(reading the newspaper on the bus)



I vitelloni
(getting beaten by street workers)



Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
(taking the French examination)



Il vigile
(the traffic cop meets an actress)



Arrivano i dollari
(the haughty count and his old butler)



La grande guerra
(the two main characters meet at the conscription)



Bravissimo!
(the school teacher discovers the kid's incredible voice)



Piccola posta
(the wicked director of the nursing home welcomes a new rich inmate)



Ladro lui, ladra lei
(the fake priest reacts as two boys annoy his girlfriend)



Una vita difficile
(taking a revenge on his boss at a party)



Il marito
(giving up a dinner with friends not to leave his wife alone at home)



Il vedovo
(the lady, believed to have died in an accident, unexpectedly returns home)



Tutti a casa
(the German prisoner)



I mostri
('Big Tooth' takes the examination for becoming a TV anchorman)



Mafioso
(return to Sicily)



Polvere di stelle
(at the arcade ||| the company meets a famous actress ||| sailing towards Bari)



Amore mio, aiutami
(Alberto's wife has a jealousy fit over her lover, and he gives her a sound beating)



Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza
(Alberto cunningly has an opponent locked up in quarantine at the airport)



Un borghese piccolo piccolo
(a funny masonic lodge initiation ceremony)



Nell'anno del Signore
(the monk pleas to the cardinal to postpone the execution)



Dove vai in vacanza?
(commoners at a contemporary art exhibition)



Il comune senso del pudore
(going to the movies and finding out that the film is X-rated)



I nuovi mostri
(eulogy for a comedian: in the end everybody is laughing)



Quelle strane occasioni
(kinky confessions to a priest in a lift)



Di che segno sei?
(the clumsy bodyguard)



Il marchese del Grillo
(the marquis plays a trick on a shop owner, hiding his shop with a urinal)



In viaggio con papà
(returning home and finding that many things have changed)




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