The Actor Who Disappeared
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Synopsis
A young actor, frustrated by the negligible roles he keeps being cast in, plans a hoax. The play he is appearing in, involves his character being shot dead while hiding in a cupboard by an outraged husband. However, when the door is opened he has completely vanished forcing the management to return the audience's money. However, one of the spectators, a police officer had received an anonymous letter claiming that a murder was to take place at that theatre that night and begins an investigation.
Cast
- Vivi Gioi as L'attrice
- María Mercader as L'attrice ingenua
- Stefano Sibaldi as L'attore
- Giulio Donadio as Il commissario de polizia
- Carlo Campanini as L'altro attore
- Lauro Gazzolo as L'impresario
- Bianca Della Corte as La figlia
- Maria Jacobini as La madre
- Virgilio Riento as Il trovarobe
- Arturo Bragaglia as Il suggeritore
- Carlo Lombardi as Il "grande" attore
- Manoel Roero as Il regista
- Valentina Cortese as Minor role
References
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Bibliography
- Curti, Roberto. Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History. McFarland, 2022.
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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- 1941 films
- 1941 mystery films
- Italian mystery films
- 1940s Italian-language films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films directed by Luigi Zampa
- Italian remakes of foreign films
- Remakes of German films
- 1940s Italian films
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- Italian films based on plays