The Maniacs
5.7
An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.
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Cast
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Walter Chiari
The Sicilian Hitchhiker (segment "L'autostop") / Car Driver (segment "Il sorpasso") / Pasquale Taddei (segment "La protesta") / Client of Night-clubs (segment "Lo strip")
Known for
Bellissima
The Valachi Papers
Enrico Maria Salerno
Castelli, the Successful Novelist (segment "la parolaccia")
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
School of Thieves
Barbara Steele
Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
Known for
Black Sunday
8½
Raimondo Vianello
Mr. Brugnoli (segment "la cambiale") / Giulio Errani, il commendatore mad about football (segment "Lo sport") / Paolo (segment "I consigli") / His Excellency Micozzi (segment "Le interviste")
Known for
Totò diabolicus
Gaia Germani
Carla (segment "l'hobby")
Known for
Hercules in the Haunted World
Umberto D'Orsi
Ilario Baietti (segment "La parolaccia") / Friar Egisto (segment "Il pezzo unico") / The Milanese Businessman (segment "L'autostop")
Known for
Fantozzi
Complexes
Sandra Mondaini
Paolo's Wife (segment "i consigli")
Also in
Caccia al marito
Caro maestro
Franco Fabrizi
L'impiegato insolente
Known for
I Vitelloni
The Little Bather
Aroldo Tieri
Mr. Bonfanti (segment "La cambiale") / Mario (segment "La protesta")
Known for
Toto the Sheik
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
Ingrid Schoeller
Mrs. Bonfanti (segment "La cambiale")
Also in
Oh! Those Most Secret Agents
008: Operation Exterminate
Lisa Gastoni
Gulio's wife (segment "lo sport")
Known for
Voice from the Stone
The Last Four Days
Margaret Lee
Rosalie (segment "Il week-end")
Known for
Slaughter Hotel
Venus in Furs
Lucio Fulci Director · Castellano Screenplay Pipolo Screenplay
First release March 28, 1964 · Produced in Italy · Original title I maniaci
Production
Hesperia Cinematografica
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
I maniaci
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 28, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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