Funniest Show on Earth

Funniest Show on Earth (Il più comico spettacolo del mondo)
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Produced by	Alfredo De Laurentiis
Written by	Sandro Continenza Italo De Tuddo Ruggero Maccari Mario Monicelli
Starring	May Britt Totò Peppino De Filippo
Music by	Armando Trovaioli
Cinematography	Riccardo Pallottini
Edited by	Leo Cattozzo
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release dates	1953 (1953)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Funniest Show on Earth (Italian: Il più comico spettacolo del mondocode: it is deprecated ) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring May Britt. It is the first Italian film in 3D.

It was filmed with a three-dimensional shooting system patented by Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentiis and called "PoDelVision" (from the initials of their surnames), which prescribed the simultaneous use of more cameras and then the printing of two identical copies of films: one for the left eye and one for the right eye.

The film is an explicit parody of Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth.

Plot

In the circus a clown named Tottons Togni (Totò), obliged not to make-up off never to not reveal his identity, is constantly haunted by jealousy of three women (a lion tamer, a fantasist, a trapeze artist) and also by the investigation of a police officer. The plot is a clear pretext for a series of numbers taken from magazines Toto (such as the gay hairdresser and masseuse).

Cast

• Totò - Tottons, il clown / Una signora del pubblico
• May Britt - Brigitte, la domatrice
• Mario Castellani - Il domatore
• Peppino De Filippo - Uno spettatore
• Bianca Maria Fabbri
• Franca Faldini - Yvonne, la soubrette
• Enzo Garinei - Altro presentatore
• Fanny Landini
• Marc Lawrence - Il proprietario del circo
• Salvo Libassi
• Alberto Sorrentino - Bastian
• Anthony Quinn - Spettatore
• Silvana Mangano - Spettatrice

External links

• Funniest Show on Earth at IMDb