Sugar, Honey and Pepper
Sugar, Honey and Pepper is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Martino.
Plot
The film includes three episodes centered around the court hearing about misunderstandings and mishaps leading to a crime.- "Zucchero": Due to a mugshot exchange, the insurance agent Valerio Milanese is mistaken for Matteo Pugliese, a dangerous murderer. A sexy journalist wanting a scoop ends up worsening the position of the man, who is chased by the police.
- "Miele": Giuseppe Mazzarelli, a graduate unable to find a job, disguises himself as a woman and gets hired as a maid. He ends up in a relationship with the unhappy and mistreated wife. He eventually gets her pregnant and the jealous, violent husband finds out Giuseppe's secret, injuring him down there as payback.
- "Peperoncino": Taxi driver Plinio Carlozzi is involved in a kidnapping by a Sicilian Mafia clan for the purpose of a forced marriage.
Cast
- Lino Banfi: Valerio Milanese
- Edwige Fenech: Amalia Passalacqua
- Pippo Franco: Giuseppe Mazzarelli
- Dagmar Lassander: Mara Mencacci
- Renato Pozzetto: Plinio Carlozzi
- Enzo Robutti: Inspector Genovese
- Patrizia Garganese: Rosalia Mancuso
- Glauco Onorato: Duilio Mencacci
- Gianfranco Barra: Judge
- Sal Borgese: Alfio
- Sandro Ghiani: Saruzzo
- Franca Scagnetti: Mother of Rosalia
- Elio Crovetto: Scarnicchia
- Renzo Marignano: Aurelio Battistini