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Saint John, the Beheaded (Italian:San Giovanni decollato) is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and Giorgio Bianchi and starring Totò, Titina De Filippo and Silvana Jachino. It was based on a play by Nino Martoglio. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.
Original Release
12/12/1940
US Release
10/17/2000
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Totò | Mastro Agostino Miciacio |
| Titina De Filippo | Concetta Miciacio |
| Silvana Jachino | Serafina Miciacio |
| Augusto Di Giovanni | Don Peppino Esposito |
| Eduardo Passarelli | Orazio, the lamp-lighter |
| Osvaldo Genazzani | Giorgio Maria Santapola |
| Franco Coop | Don Raffaele, the barber |
| Tommaso Marcellini | Don Benedetto, the farmer |
| Bella Starace Sainati | Donna Provvidenza, farmer's wife |
| Mario Siletti | Teodoro Cupis |
Directors
Giorgio Bianchi, Amleto Palermi
Writers
Amleto Palermi, Nino Martoglio, Cesare Zavattini, Aldo Vergano
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Totò | Mastro Agostino Miciacio |
| Titina De Filippo | Concetta Miciacio |
| Silvana Jachino | Serafina Miciacio |
| Augusto Di Giovanni | Don Peppino Esposito |
| Eduardo Passarelli | Orazio, the lamp-lighter |
| Osvaldo Genazzani | Giorgio Maria Santapola |
| Franco Coop | Don Raffaele, the barber |
| Tommaso Marcellini | Don Benedetto, the farmer |
| Bella Starace Sainati | Donna Provvidenza, farmer's wife |
| Mario Siletti | Teodoro Cupis |
| Peppino Spadaro | Vincenzo, shoemaker |
| Dina Romano | The Fortune Teller |
| Grazia Spadaro | Rosalia, housekeeper |
| Giacomo Almirante | The Judge |
| Emilio Petacci | Prosecutor Lanzetti |
| Renato Chiantoni | The Defense Attorney [Script Name: Marcello] / The Defense Attorney |
| Edmondo Starace | A Clerk |
| Luigi Almirante | Renato |
| Raffaele Balsamo | A Tenant [Script Name: Paoloni] / A Tenant |
| Oreste Bilancia | A Witness / A Witness [Script Name: Augusto] |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Liborio Capitani | Producer |
