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UW Cinematheque - Toto, Peppino and the Hussy (Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina)Friday, November 11, 7:00 p.m. Discovering Totò Afraid that their nephew Gianni will stop studying because of his romance with a starlet, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade him to abandon the "Malafemmina.” Based on a song written and composed by Totò, this is the first of 5 films where the names of Totò and Peppino are coupled together in the title. Their Neapolitan contribution to 50s blonde bombshell films is a brilliant surrealistic spoof and was a critics’ favorite. Soon-to-be-leading-man Manfredi costars along with the "malafemmina" played by an actress with the unlikely name of Dorian Gray.
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