Side Street Story (1950)

Comedy

A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker

Cast

Gennaro Iovine
Maria Rosaria Iovine
Il cantante di concertino
Peppe "'o Cricco"
L'ufficiale americano
Il sergente americano
Un soldato americano
Il brigadiere di Ps
Pasquale Miele
Il rosticciere
La moglie del ragionier Spasiani
Il ragioner Spasiani

Crew

Screenplay
Screenplay
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Production Design
Set Decoration
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Unit Manager