Toto Looks For a House

In an afterwar Italy the problem for every citizen is to find a comfortable place to live. Beniamino Lomacchio (Totò) is one of the many people without a home and, together with his family, he's been living in a school. He cannot live there much longer, though, because school re-opens in September. Beniamino is a poor clerk and does not know what to do; he just hopes he'll find a comfortable apartment with a landlord who doesn't ask for too much rent.

One day, however, Beniamino finds a place to move into: a cemetery caretaker's house. Not all the family is convinced it's a great idea. They stay there for a short while, fleeing when they think they see a ghost. After leaving the house, Beniamino finds another job at the studio of an artist. But even here the family Lomacchio will not agree with Beniamino. They then find a large apartment. But they've been cheated; the apartment has already been rented out to another family. Eventually, even after staying in the Colosseum, Beniamino is in a car accident. He's finally found a home: a psychiatric hospital.

• Totò as Beniamino Lomacchio
• Alda Mangini as Amalia, la moglie de Lomacchio
• Lia Molfesi as Aida, la figlia
• Mario Gattari as Figlio
• Aroldo Tieri as Checchino, il fidanzato
• Folco Lulli as Turco
• Enzo Biliotti as Il sindaco
• Mario Castellani as Truffatore
• Pietro De Vico as Cinese
• Flavio Forin as Vedovo
• Giacomo Furia as Pasquale Saluto
• Marisa Merlini as Patronessa
• Luigi Pavese as Capo ufficio
• Cesare Polacco as Vice custode
• Alfredo Ragusa as Bidello

• Bondanella, Peter. A History of Italian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009.

• Totò Looks for a House at IMDb