Toto of Arabia
Toto of Arabia | |
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Directed by | |
Written by | Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi |
Produced by | Alberto Pugliese Luciano Ercoli |
Starring | Totò |
Cinematography | Aldo Nascimbene |
Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
Release date | 1965 |
Running time | 84 min |
Country | Italy/Spain |
Language | Italian |
Toto of Arabia (Italian: Totò d'Arabia, Spanish: Toto de Arabia) is a 1965 Italian-Spanish adventure-comedy film directed by . It is a parody of Lawrence of Arabia and of spy films.[1][2]
Plot[]
Toto, a former Italian military service who works as a servant at the British Intelligence Service, is promoted to secret agent with the name of Agent 00Ø8 in order to convince the ruler of Shamara, Sheikh Ali El Buzur, to yield oil to UK.
Cast[]
- Totò: Agent 00Ø8 Toto
- Nieves Navarro: Doris
- Fernando Sancho: Sheikh Ali el Buzur
- George Rigaud: Sir Bains
- Mario Castellani: Omar el Bedù
- Luigi Pavese: Sheikh Ali di Shamara
- Luis Cuenca: El Kasser
- Víctor Israel: Boris
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Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1965 films
- Italian films
- Italian parody films
- Spanish comedy films
- Spanish films
- Films directed by José Antonio de la Loma
- 1960s spy comedy films
- 1960s parody films
- Films shot in Almería
- Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi
- 1965 comedy films
- 1950s Italian comedy film stubs