Lina Stroppiani
Search results
Too Bad She's Bad: Directed by Alessandro Blasetti. With Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Mauro Sacripanti. A kind-hearted taxi driver runs into a glamorous girl and falls in love with her, but she turns out to be a cheap thief.
- (1.2K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Alessandro Blasetti
- 1954-12-28
Jan 21, 2022 · A comedy movie about a young and shapely Lina Stroppiani (Sophia Loren) and her two accomplices try to con a taxi driver (Marcello Mastroianni) out of his cab and...
- 3 min
- 7.6K
- KangaAir
Too Bad She's Bad (Italian: Peccato che sia una canaglia) is a 1955 Italian comedy directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It stars Sophia Loren and is based on Alberto Moravia's story "Fanatico", from his Racconti Romani. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location around Rome.
How did Lina Stroppiani (Sophia Loren) and Paolo (Marcello Mastroianni) meet? The buxom blonde stole Paolo's cab -- literally. The taxi driver's efforts to bring her to justice lead...
- (8)
- Dennis Schwartz
- Comedy
- Alessandro Blasetti
Released at the end of 1954 in Italy, Too Bad She's Bad (Italian title: Peccato che sia una canaglia) marked the end of Sophia Loren's days as a starlet and the beginning of her career as an international leading lady. The film, a fast-paced, chaotic comedy about a family of thieves and the innocent taxi cab driver who is continually implicated ...
- Alessandro Blasetti
- Vittorio De Sica
Synopsis. When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can’t possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences. Cast. Crew. Details.
A young Sophia Loren momentarily entrances a young Marcello Mastroianni as a ruse for her friends to steal his taxi; he thwarts them and sees her home, only to find out soon enough she's also a pickpocket, and her wily papa works a luggage-stealing scheme down at the train station.
