Full Speed (1934 film)

Full Speed
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Mario Mattoli
Produced by	Angelo Besozzi
Starring	Vittorio De Sica Milly Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Giacomo Gentilomo
Music by	Vittorio Mascheroni Virgilio Ripa
Production company	Za-Bum Films
Distributed by	Za-Bum Films
Release date	31 December 1934
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Full Speed (Italian: Tempo massimo) is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Vittorio De Sica, Milly and Camillo Pilotto. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.

Synopsis

A mild-mannered young Professor's quiet life in the country is turned upside down one day when, while out fishing, Dora lands in the water beside him having parachuted out of a plane. Dora is a vivacious party girl, who quickly disrupts the Professor's stuffy household. His growing attraction to her is tempered by the fact that she is due to be married soon.

In popular culture

The final scene showing Giacomo and Dora, after having avoided the "wrong" marriage, in the back of the bus as it travels down the road, is practically the same scene as the ending of Mike Nichols's The Graduate.

Main cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Giacomo
• Milly as Dora Sandri
• Camillo Pilotto as Maggiordomo
• Enrico Viarisio as Alfredo Martinelli
• Amelia Chellini as Zia Agata
• Anna Magnani as Emilia
• Nerio Bernardi as Il principe Huerta - detto Bob
• Ermanno Roveri as Jack
• Giulio Donadio as Rossi - l'usuraio

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Full Speed at IMDb