I'm the Capataz

I'm the Capataz
Directed by	Giorgio Simonelli
Written by	Adriano Bolzoni Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz Cesare Rivelli
Produced by	Arrigo Colombo
Starring	Renato Rascel Silvana Pampanini Marilyn Buferd
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Elsa Dubbini
Music by	Armando Fragna Felice Montagnini
Production company	Jolly Film
Distributed by	Jolly Film
Release date	28 February 1951 (1951-02-28)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

I'm the Capataz (Italian: Io sono il capataz) is a 1951 Italian western-comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli, and starring Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini and Marilyn Buferd.^[1]

It was shot at the Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arrigo Equini. The film was a commercial hit, earning around 421 million lira at the box office.^[2]

Plot

Cast

• Renato Rascel as Uguccione / Rascelito Villa
• Silvana Pampanini as Rosa de Fuego
• Luigi Pavese as Erasmo
• Marilyn Buferd as Moira
• Bruno Corelli as Il Sarto Francese
• Nino Crisman as Gonzales
• Vittorio Duse as Puchero
• Sophia Loren as Segretaria del Dittatore
• Mario Pisu as Hurtado
• Virgilio Riento as Il Guardiano
• Vickie Henderson as Danzatrice
• Kiki Urbani as Danzatrice Bianca
• Carlo Delle Piane as giovane popolano
• Alberto Sorrentino as un rivoluzionario

References

1. Gundle p.270
2. Chiti & Poppi p.196

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
• Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.

External links

• I'm the Capataz at IMDb