The Overtaxed

The Overtaxed
Directed by	Steno
Written by	Aldo Fabrizi Roberto Gianviti Steno Vittorio Metz Ruggero Maccari
Produced by	C.E.I.
Starring	Totò Louis de Funès Aldo Fabrizi
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Release date	29 July 1959 (1959-07-29) (France)
Running time	105 minutes; 89 (France)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

I Tartassati is an Italian comedy film from 1959, directed by Stefano Vanzina, written by Aldo Fabrizi, starring Totò and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles The Overtaxed (English) and Fripouillard et Compagnie (French).

Plot

Mr. Pezzella (Toto) owns and operates a very well established luxury clothing store. He does not like and does not consider right to pay taxes, therefore he uses a tax consultant (Louis de Funès) to be able to evade more taxes. Unfortunately for Pezzella, the Guardia di Finanza decides to send an inspection, in the form of Marshal Topponi (Aldo Fabrizi) and Brigadier Bardi. This triggers Pezzella’s attempts (guided by the advice of his dishonest and incompetent tax adviser) to get into the graces of the marshal and try to bribe him, and sometimes openly declaring it with an excessive dose of servility. These clumsy attempts will cause the marshal many headaches, due to the intrusiveness of Pezzella, and then will backfire against Pezzella himself. Topponi releases, finally, his report, dooming Pezzella to pay a huge fine. Not yet defeated, Pezzella decides an extreme action, and adopts a plan to steal the purse of the marshal with the report inside. But in the end, perhaps won by compassion for the troubles that the marshal would have gone through because of the stolen bag, and by the advice of a priest, Pezzella returns the bag to his owner. Topponi and Pezzella, after many troubles, become friends and even father in-laws: in fact, Pezzella’s clumsy attempts to fool Topponi allowed the merchant's son to know the marshal’s daughter.

Cast

• Totò : Torquato Pezzella, director of magazine "Tessuti"
• Aldo Fabrizi : Fabio Topponi, the polyvalent fiscal inspector
• Louis de Funès : Hector "Ettore" Curto, conseiller fiscal
• Anna Campori : Dora Pezzella
• Miranda Campa : L'épouse de Fabio
• Luciano Marin : Augustin "Tino" Pezzella
• Ciccio Barbi : the brigadier
• Anna-Maria Bottini : Mara
• Cathia Caro : Laura, the girl of Topponi
• Jacques Dufilho : the director of the prison
• Elena Fabrizi : Une infirmière
• Ignazio Leone : the guard - village
• Fernand Sardou : Ernesto Topponi, l'oncle de Laura
• Jean Bellanger : the security guard of the prison
• Miranda Campa : L'épouse de fabio
• Nando Bruno : L'Ubracio
• Piera Arico
• Gianni Cobelli
• Mario Corbelli
• Cesare Fantoni
• Lamberto Antinori

External links

• The Overtaxed at IMDb