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Toto the Sheik

Toto the Sheik

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Toto the Sheik

1950

1h 33m

6.8(59 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Antonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young man madly in love with Lulu, but she betrays him, and he desperately enlist in the foreign legion.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Totò

Totò

Antonio Sapone

Aroldo Tieri

Aroldo Tieri

Gastone

Ada Dondini

Ada Dondini

La marchesa

Tamara Lees

Tamara Lees

Antinea

Laura Gore

Laura Gore

Lulù

Arnoldo Foà

Arnoldo Foà

Il matto

Mario Castellani

Mario Castellani

Il capo dei ribelli

Carlo Croccolo

Carlo Croccolo

Il cameriere

Lauretta De Lauri

Fatma

Kiki Urbani

La danzatrice araba

Creative team

Directed by: Mario Mattoli
Written by: Vittorio Metz
Marcello Marchesi
Produced by: Giulio Manenti

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