Trama:
The classic Nicolas Gogal fable The Overcoat is given a European flavor by Italian filmmaker Alberto Lattuada; some consider the film to be Lattuada's best "psychological study." Comedian Renato Rascel plays a nebbishy nobody who spends his life-savings on a fancy overcoat. Suddenly, the nobody becomes a somebody, proving beyond doubt that clothes make the man. And then one day, the overcoat is stolen...Fleshing out the short-but-bittersweet Gogol original are several colorful new characters, including a publicity-hungry small-town mayor, played by Giulio Stival. The background music was composed by director Lattuada's wife Felice. American prints of Il Cappato are missing a so-called "naughty" telephone exchange between the mayor and his silken mistress.

Cast:

Renato Rascel Carmine De Carmine

Yvonne Sanson Caterina

Giulio Stival Il sindaco

Giulio Calì Il sarto

Ettore Mattia le secrétaire général

Olinto Cristina

Anna Carena L'affittacamere

Sandro Somarè Il fidanzato di Vittoria

Luigi Moneta

Silvio Bagolini le vendeur ambulant

Dina Perbellini

Loris Gizzi

Mario Crippa

Alfredo Ragusa

Nino Marchetti (as Nino Marchetti)

Mimo Billi (as Mimmo Billi)

Riccardo Legioni

Gondrano Trucchi

Angela Bevilacqua

Paolo Reale

Giovanni Ranucci

Antonella Lualdi Vittoria, la figlia del sindaco

Gianni Bonos (uncredited)

Luigi Bonos (uncredited)

Vittorio Bonos (uncredited)

Claudio Ermelli Il fotografo (uncredited)

Marco Tulli (uncredited)

Supporto: Sconosciuto,

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