Love and Larceny

Love and Larceny

1960101 min7.2 / 10

A lighthearted 1960s comedy caper about a struggling actor drawn into a con scheme, driven by charm, dialect mimicry, and the comedic mishaps of small-time grifters.

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.

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