Hanno rubato un tram
Hanno rubato un tram is a 1954 Italian comedy film starring Aldo Fabrizi. The film was started under the direction of Mario Bonnard who left mid-way through. Reference books state that Fabrizi himself began finishing the film, while Luciano Vincenzoni said that the assistant director Sergio Leone completed the film.
Plot
Tram conductor Cesare Mancini accidentally hits a woman riding on a bicycle, and gets demoted down to a humble ticket taker.Cast
- Aldo Fabrizi as Cesare Mancini
- Carlo Campanini as Bernasconi
- Juan de Landa as Rossi
- Lucia Banti as Marcella
- Mimo Billi as Caposervizio
- Fernanda Giordani as Suocera
- Lia Rainer as Teresa
- Bruno Corelli as Pretore
- Sergio Leone
- Zoe Incrocci
Production
The films story author, Luciano Vincenzoni, recalled in 1984 that "Bonnard was already old and ill, I think half of the film must have been put together by Sergio Leone| Leone."
Sources vary on the screenwriters of the film. Il Cinema Ritrovato includes Bonnard, Ruggero Maccari, and Fabrizi while adds Lucio Fulci and Alessandro Continenza. There is no mention of Fulci contributing to the film in Stephen Thrower's book Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci.
In his book Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death, author Christopher Frayling wrote that references books state that Aldo Fabrizi had completed Hanno rubato un tram. Fabrizi himself said at the time that his assistant director Leone "wasn't even thinking about becoming a director" at this time.