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47 Talking Corpses

47 Talking Corpses

19507.11h 26m

Overview

Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him believe he is dead, and, in a fake "afterlife", they'll try to convince him to finally show them where the money is hidden to save his soul.

Directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Written by Ettore Petrolini, Vittorio Metz, Marcello Marchesi
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Top Cast

Totò

Totò

Il barone Antonio Peletti

Silvana Pampanini

Silvana Pampanini

Madame Bonbon, la canzonettista

Adriana Benetti

Adriana Benetti

Rosetta

Dante Maggio

Dante Maggio

Dante Cartoni

Tina Lattanzi

Tina Lattanzi

La moglie dei sindaco

Aldo Bufi Landi

Aldo Bufi Landi

Gastone

Eduardo Passarelli

Eduardo Passarelli

Il farmacista

Arturo Bragaglia

Arturo Bragaglia

Il sindaco

Mario Castellani

Mario Castellani

Il colonello Bertrand de Tassiny

Gildo Bocci

Gildo Bocci

Il macellaio

About 47 Talking Corpses

47 Talking Corpses is a comedy film released in 1950. Directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, it stars Totò, Silvana Pampanini, Adriana Benetti. Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him believe he is dead, and, in a fake "afterlife", they'll try to convince him to finally show them where the money is hidden to save his soul.

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