Italy / Feb 28, 1963
1h 30min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for autographs and personal appearances. While Celentano tries to romance Emanuela Mazzolani, the daughter of a well-to-do resident who dissaproves of the union between his daughter and the man he thinks of as a "punk", Peppino, unaware of the true nature of his job to impersonate Celentano, tries to deal with his girlfriend's newborn baby which gets switched around between him and Celentano.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Gianni Agus | Gastone |
| Nino Taranto | Cannarulo |
| Erminio Macario | Giovanni |
| Franco Giacobini | un giornalista |
| Raffaella De Carolis | capitana Club |
| Antonella Murgia | ragazza di Capri |
| Mario Brega | benzinaio |
| Renato Terra | Renato |
| Anna Maria Surdo | Maria Santorini |
| Nino Di Napoli | Luigi |
| Nunzia Fumo | la madre di Carmelina |
| Don Backy | himself |
| Miky Del Prete | himself |
| Memo Dittongo | himself |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Uno strano tipo |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Giovanni Addessi Produzione Cinematografica |
| Release date | 28 febbraio 1963 |
| Executive producer | Franco Belotti, Walter Zarghetta |
| Production | Giovanni Addessi, Mario Silvestri |
| Writer | Vittorio Metz, Lucio Fulci |
| Editing | Ornella Micheli |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori, Sandro Mancori, Enrico Cortese |
| Assistant directors | Nino Zanchin, Stefano Rolla, Lucio Fulci, Mirta Guarnaschelli |
| Camera operators | Sandro Mancori, Enrico Cortese, Guglielmo Mancori |
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| Additional photography | Sandro Mancori, Enrico Cortese, Guglielmo Mancori |
| Production design | Gastone Carsetti |
| Art direction | Gastone Carsetti |
| Set decoration | Gastone Carsetti |
| Music | Detto Mariano, Adriano Taloni |
| Sound | Adriano Taloni, Detto Mariano |
| Costume design | Antonia Quilici, Romolo De Martino, Italia Marini |
| Makeup | Romolo De Martino, Antonia Quilici, Italia Marini |
| Hairstyling | Antonia Quilici, Romolo De Martino, Italia Marini |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Germany / Aug 09, 1989 / 12
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