The Law Is the Law (1958)
La legge è legge
95 min
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
- Release date
- September 17, 1958
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
- Music
- Nino Rota
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Cast
- Totò as Giuseppe La Paglia
- Fernandel as Ferdinand Pastorelli
- Nino Besozzi as Le maréchal des carabiniers
- Noël Roquevert as Le gendarme Malandain
- Leda Gloria as Antonietta La Paglia
- Nathalie Nerval as Hélène Pastorelli
- Luciano Marin as Mario
- Albert Dinan as Le brigadier-chef des douanes
- Henri Crémieux as Bourride
- Renato Terra
- René Génin as Donadieu
- Gustavo De Nardo as Luigi
- Aldo Pini
- Jean Brochard as Le député
- Henri Arius as Le maire
- Nino Besozzi as Il Maresciallo
- Anna Maria Luciani as Marisa La Paglia
Crew
- Christian-Jaque · Director
- Jacques Emmanuel · Writer
- Jean-Charles Tacchella · Writer
- Christian-Jaque · Writer
- Jean Manse · Writer
- Alfredo Bini · Producer
- Robert Chabert · Producer
- Franco Cristaldi · Producer
- Georges Dancigers · Producer
- Nino Rota · Composer
- Gianni Di Venanzo · Cinematographer
- Jacques Desagneaux · Editor
- Gianni Polidori · Production designer