The Gold of Naples

The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes: a clown exploited by a hoodlum; an unfaithful pizza seller (Loren) losing her wedding ring; the funeral of a child; the impoverished inveterate gambler Count Prospero B. being reduced to force his doorman's preteen kid to play cards with him (and losing regularly); the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute; the exploits of "professor" Ersilio Miccio, a "wisdom seller" who "solves problems". ==Cast==

"Il guappo" ("The Racketeer") • Totò – Don Saverio Petrillo • Lianella Carell – Carolina, Saverio's wife • Pasquale Cennamo – Don Carmine Savarone, the squatter • Agostino Salvietti – Gennaro Esposito, the graveyard mourner "Pizze a credito" ("Pizza on Credit") • Sophia Loren – Sofia • Paolo Stoppa – Don Peppino, the widower • Giacomo Furia – Rosario, Sofia's husband • Alberto Farnese – Alfredo, Sofia's lover • Tecla Scarano – Don Peppino's friend "Funeralino" • Teresa De Vita – The mother "I giocatori" ("The Gambler") • Vittorio De Sica – Count Prospero B. • Pierino Bilancioni – Gennarino, the young gambler • Lars Borgström – Federico, the doorkeeper • Mario Passante – Giovanni, the butler • Irene Montaldo – Countess B. "Teresa" ("Theresa") • Silvana Mangano – Teresa • Erno Crisa – Don Nicola • Ubaldo Maestri – Don Ubaldo "Il professore" • Eduardo De Filippo – Don Ersilio Miccio • Tina Pica – The elderly lady • Nino Imparato – Gennaro • Gianni Crosio – Alfonso Maria di Sant'Agata dei Fornai ==Release==

The original Italian release comprises six segments: "Il guappo", "Pizze a credito", "Funeralino", "I giocatori", "Teresa", and "Il professore". The US version omits the third and the sixth, leaving the following: "The Racketeer", "Pizza on Credit", "The Gambler", and "Theresa". The film was voted one of the Ten Best Foreign Language Films of 1957 by The New York Times. ==References==