(1956) | Tot C3 B2, Peppino E La Malafemmina

The production was famously disorganized; Totò only worked in the afternoons, and Peppino was frequently away on theater tours.

In addition to the main duo, the film features a young Nino Manfredi at the start of his legendary career and Teddy Reno as the nephew. Tot C3 B2, Peppino e la malafemmina (1956)

Two simple landowners, the Caponi brothers (Totò and Peppino), travel from their rural southern village to Milan to "rescue" their nephew, Gianni, from a supposed "malafemmina" (bad woman) who is actually a kind-hearted dancer. The production was famously disorganized; Totò only worked

Another iconic sequence features the brothers arriving at Milan’s Central Station bundled in heavy winter fur hats and coats (despite the heat), mistakenly believing the northern city is perpetually frozen and foggy. Another iconic sequence features the brothers arriving at

Despite the poor critical reception at the time, it was a massive commercial success in Italy.