
Acting
Mario Riva
Born — Died
1913-01-26 — 1960-09-01
Place of birth
Rome, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
52 titles
Known for
6.2Alvaro 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Primo applauso
1957
6.5Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the staging of a show in the military barracks.
I cadetti di Guascogna
1950
6.5Everyday 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
6.3The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice.
Bravissimo
1955
5.2A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
Times Gone By
1952
Film credits
1960s · 2 titles
1950s · 40 titles
6.2Alvaro 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Primo applauso
1957
6.5Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the staging of a show in the military barracks.
I cadetti di Guascogna
1950
6.5Everyday 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
6.3The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice.
Bravissimo
1955
5.2A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
Times Gone By
1952
7.0A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with the locals. The coming of the American complicates matters.
Il padrone del vapore
1951
6.2Dante 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
6.2Cencio, 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
7.0Count 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
6.2Antonio 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
8.0A group of schoolgirls find shelter in an old castle during a rainstorm.
Serenate per 16 bionde
1957
6.7Tina, an old lady and detective stories buff, moves to town in the house of a god-daughter of hers whose husband is a private dick. She thinks she will be able to help him with his inquests. He does not agree with her and tries to discourage her by any possible means.
Fantasmi e ladri
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A sud niente di nuovo
1956
7.0A magistrate saves a young woman from drowning and they fall in love.
Streets of Sorrow
1950
6.7A 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
7.5An Italian clerk has been helped to his position by a fake kickback letter from a politician who, meanwhile has become a state secretary. His colleagues thus send him to Rome to settle an important matter with the powerful character. The poor fellow goes hoping the truth will not come out.
Il raccomandato di ferro
1959
4.5A 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
6.8A 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Rosso e nero
1954
10.0An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life.
È arrivata la parigina
1958
6.6A 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
7.0Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.
Porca miseria!
1951
6.2A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.
It Happened in the Penitentiary
1955
6.8A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.
Easy Years
1953
7.5No synopsis available yet.
I giorni più belli
1956
6.2The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero.
Tripoli, bel suol d'amore
1954
10.0Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fired from the place where he works and is forced to move to Naples. He asks for hospitality from his aunt Carmela, concierge in a building, but she has no vacancies and arranges him as Donna Tecla, the owner of a pension who, having three young daughters eager to get married, hopes to arrange at least one. But the three girls are not the best of beauty and Michele, gifted with a beautiful voice, agrees to sing in a club on behalf of an impresario who becomes his friend.
Perfide.... ma belle
1958
7.0A cook from Sardinia who had emigrated to Milan goes back to his native island thinking he has inherited some money with his uncles death. He finds out he has to avenge his death instead.
Vendetta... sarda
1952
6.7Two two-bit singers become thieves to make ends meet. One day during a theft in the house of a music impresario they hear Marco an electrician gifted with a beautiful voice and give him some money to help for his debut as a singer.
My Heart Sings
1951
6.8Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on where the baby will be born and on his name. The parents of the baby, tired of those fights, run away to Milan.
Prepotenti più di prima
1959
7.2Cesare, from Rome, and Mimì, from Naples, don't agree with their children marriage, so the young couple runs away from their home.
I prepotenti
1958
NRA series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents.
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
1954
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Ha fatto 13
1951
8.0Three crooks scheme to swindle a wealthy widow out of her fortune, but their plans are thwarted by the sudden return of her husband who is far from dead.
Abracadabra
1952
6.5A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants to marry the man's daughter. It is the family chauffeur who puts things right.
Ours are coming
1951
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Il campanile d'oro
1955
7.0Marcello 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
9.0Tanino, who lives in a village without a cemetery, goes to a deputy to obtain the land necessary for the cemetery.
Gente felice
1957
6.3Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her late husband disappears. Dissatisfied with the police effort to find it, she sets on the tracks of the thieves herself.
My Police Granny
1958
1940s · 8 titles
6.5A 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
5.7In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time.
The Firemen of Viggiù
1949
8.0A young dare-devil goes to Rome in search of fortune, with the blessings and money of his loving aunts. While in the city, he is a victim of a series of mishaps. His aunts hear about a man of the same name who is a candidate for Parliament; they think that he is their nephew and organize a series of celebrations. So, the youngster gets the idea of trying to replace the real candidate, but gets found out. The aunts forgive him.
If I Were A Member Of Parliament
1949
6.0Rosa 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
5.5Carlo 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
6.8Beniamino 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
8.5Eva Bianchi, who works as a manicure in a beauty salon in Milan, falls in love with the owner Adamo Rossi. But Adam, who at first always gives her roses, now no longer seems interested in her.
Adam and Eve
1949
No synopsis available yet.
Vento d'Africa
1949




