Mario Riva

Beauties on Motor Scooters (1962)

The Traffic Policeman (1960)

An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy. ...

Il raccomandato di ferro (1959)

An Italian clerk has been helped to his position by a fake kickback letter from a politician who, meanwhile has become a state secretary. His colleagues thus send him to Rome to settle an important matter with the powerful character. The poor fellow goes h ...

Prepotenti più di prima (1959)

Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on where the baby will be born and on his name. The parents of the baby, tired of those fights, run away to Milan. ...

Fantasmi e ladri (1959)

Tina, an old lady and detective stories buff, moves to town in the house of a god-daughter of hers whose husband is a private dick. She thinks she will be able to help him with his inquests. He does not agree with her and tries to discourage her by any pos ...

Perfide.... ma belle (1958)

Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fired from the place where he works and is forced to move to Naples. He asks for hospitality from his aunt C ...

The Inveterate Bachelor (1958)

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not. ...

My Police Granny (1958)

Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her late husband disappears. Dissatisfied with the police effort to find it, she sets on the tracks of the thieves herself. ...

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (1958)

A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they must retrieve some memories of family life in order to understand their mental illness. ...

I prepotenti (1958)

Cesare, from Rome, and Mimì, from Naples, don't agree with their children marriage, so the young couple runs away from their home. ...

È arrivata la parigina (1958)

An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life. ...

Domenica è sempre domenica (1958)

A television broadcast launches a proclamation for amateurs: "If you know how to speak, you will know how to sing". The award mirage lured many person, with ambitions or financial problems, to enroll in the competition. ...

He Thief, She Thief (1958)

Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in crime. With Cesira's help Cencio try the big hit to a jewelery. But the lucky break is over. ...

The Dollars Are Coming! (1957)

A widow goes to Italy from South Africa to find out whether or not her late husband's five nephews are worthy of his inheritance... ...

Gente felice (1957)

Tanino, who lives in a village without a cemetery, goes to a deputy to obtain the land necessary for the cemetery. ...

Serenate per 16 bionde (1957)

A group of schoolgirls find shelter in an old castle during a rainstorm. ...

I giorni più belli (1956)

Roman Tales (1955)

Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get ...

Bravissimo (1955)

The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice. ...

Il campanile d'oro (1955)

La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955)

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to ...

It Happened in the Penitentiary (1955)

A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives. ...

Elementary School (1954)

Dante Trilli, who has been teaching in his village school for about twenty years, wins a competition for Milan. Waiting for him is his childhood friend, where he is the janitor in the school where Trilli will teach. ...

Rosso e nero (1954)

It Happened at the Police Station (1954)

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the ...

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore (1954)

The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero. ...

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954)

A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents. ...

Easy Years (1953)

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption. ...

Times Gone By (1952)

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories. ...

Abracadabra (1952)

Three crooks scheme to swindle a wealthy widow out of her fortune, but their plans are thwarted by the sudden return of her husband who is far from dead. ...

Vendetta... sarda (1952)

A cook from Sardinia who had emigrated to Milan goes back to his native island thinking he has inherited some money with his uncles death. He finds out he has to avenge his death instead. ...

My Heart Sings (1951)

Two two-bit singers become thieves to make ends meet. One day during a theft in the house of a music impresario they hear Marco an electrician gifted with a beautiful voice and give him some money to help for his debut as a singer. ...

Il padrone del vapore (1951)

A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with the locals. The coming of the American complicates matters. ...

Damn the Taxes!! (1951)

Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario for help. ...

Porca miseria! (1951)

Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs. ...

Ours are coming (1951)

A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants to marry the man's daughter. It is the family chauffeur who puts things right. ...

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

A doctor rescues a young woman who is about to throw herself into the river and takes her to the hospital. The woman learns of three very sad stories revolving around suicide. ...

Ha fatto 13 (1951)

I cadetti di Guascogna (1950)

Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the staging of a show in the military barracks. ...

Streets of Sorrow (1950)

A magistrate saves a young woman from drowning and they fall in love. ...

Totò Looking for a House (1949)

Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an apartment. ...

Adam and Eve (1949)

Eva Bianchi, who works as a manicure in a beauty salon in Milan, falls in love with the owner Adamo Rossi. But Adam, who at first always gives her roses, now no longer seems interested in her. ...

Yvonne of the Night (1949)

Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is killed while Yvonne has a son, but on orders from Carlo's father, she is told he is dead. Her career desce ...

If I Were A Member Of Parliament (1949)

A young dare-devil goes to Rome in search of fortune, with the blessings and money of his loving aunts. While in the city, he is a victim of a series of mishaps. His aunts hear about a man of the same name who is a candidate for Parliament; they think that ...

The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)

In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time. ...

Vento d'Africa (1949)

Toto Tours Italy (1948)

A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour of Italy", so professor sells his soul to the devil to get the winning and the girl. ...

Il barone Carlo Mazza (1948)

Rosa Pezza, a beautiful young girl, is forced into a thousand maneuvers and subterfuges to gain possession of a rich inheritance. She is ultimately forced to marry the penniless and bizarre baron Carlo Mazza but the baron, tired of his wife's escapades, d ...