Mario Riva

Acting

Mario Riva

Born 1913-01-26 · Rome, Italy

Acting credits

It Happened at the Police Station poster
6.5

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.

It Happened at the Police Station

1954

Elementary School poster
6.2

Dante Trilli, who has been teaching in his village school for about twenty years, wins a competition for Milan. Waiting for him is his childhood friend, where he is the janitor in the school where Trilli will teach.

Elementary School

1954

Roman Tales poster
6.2

Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?

Roman Tales

1955

Streets of Sorrow poster
7.0

A magistrate saves a young woman from drowning and they fall in love.

Streets of Sorrow

1950

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche poster
6.6

A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they must retrieve some memories of family life in order to understand their mental illness.

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

1958

It Happened in the Penitentiary poster
6.3

A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.

It Happened in the Penitentiary

1955

Bravissimo poster
6.3

The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice.

Bravissimo

1955

Tomorrow Is Another Day poster
4.5

A doctor rescues a young woman who is about to throw herself into the river and takes her to the hospital. The woman learns of three very sad stories revolving around suicide.

Tomorrow Is Another Day

1951

Rosso e nero poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rosso e nero

1954

He Thief, She Thief poster
6.2

Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in crime. With Cesira's help Cencio try the big hit to a jewelery. But the lucky break is over.

He Thief, She Thief

1958

The Traffic Policeman poster
7.4

An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.

The Traffic Policeman

1960

Il barone Carlo Mazza poster
6.0

Rosa Pezza, a beautiful young girl, is forced into a thousand maneuvers and subterfuges to gain possession of a rich inheritance. She is ultimately forced to marry the penniless and bizarre baron Carlo Mazza but the baron, tired of his wife's escapades, decides to divorce her...

Il barone Carlo Mazza

1948

Totò Looking for a House poster
6.8

Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an apartment.

Totò Looking for a House

1949

The Dollars Are Coming! poster
6.8

A widow goes to Italy from South Africa to find out whether or not her late husband's five nephews are worthy of his inheritance...

The Dollars Are Coming!

1957

Primo applauso poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Primo applauso

1957

Yvonne of the Night poster
5.5

Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is killed while Yvonne has a son, but on orders from Carlo's father, she is told he is dead. Her career descends and only Nino, an art partner, remains close to her and helps her earn her living by singing in taverns.

Yvonne of the Night

1949

A sud niente di nuovo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A sud niente di nuovo

1956

The Inveterate Bachelor poster
7.0

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.

The Inveterate Bachelor

1958

Toto Tours Italy poster
6.5

A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour of Italy", so professor sells his soul to the devil to get the winning and the girl.

Toto Tours Italy

1948

Easy Years poster
6.8

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.

Easy Years

1953

La moglie è uguale per tutti poster
7.1

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.

La moglie è uguale per tutti

1955

Damn the Taxes!! poster
7.0

Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario for help.

Damn the Taxes!!

1951

I giorni più belli poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

I giorni più belli

1956

Domenica è sempre domenica poster
6.7

A television broadcast launches a proclamation for amateurs: "If you know how to speak, you will know how to sing". The award mirage lured many person, with ambitions or financial problems, to enroll in the competition.

Domenica è sempre domenica

1958