Café Express
“After "Bread and Chocolate" comes Dessert...”
Synopsis
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
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Edited by Franco FraticelliShot by Claudio CirilloScored by Giovanna MariniDesigned by Umberto Turco
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Cast & Crew
52 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Nino Manfredi
as Michele Abbagnano
Adolfo Celi
as Chief Inspector Ramacci Pisanelli
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
as Diodato Amitrano
Luigi Basagaluppi
as Ticket Inspector Salvatore Vigorito
Silvio Spaccesi
as Train Conductor Giuseppe Sanguigno
Gerardo Scala
as Ticket Inspector Nicola Scognamiglio
Lina Sastri
as Nun Camilla
Clara Colosimo
as Entrepreneur
Marisa Laurito
as Liberata
Maurizio Micheli
as Accountant
Vittorio Marsiglia
as Picone
Tano Cimarosa
as Polfer Marshal Panepino
Supporting cast
32Marzio Honorato
as Ferdinando
Italo Celoro
as Injured Worker
Leo Gullotta
as Vincenzo Imbastaro
Nino Vingelli
as Gennarino O' Mbruglione
Ester Carloni
as Catholic Old Woman
Nino Terzo
as Stationmaster Zappacosta
Gigi Reder
as Antonio Cammarota
Concetta Barra
as Mourner Mother
Antonio Allocca
as Michele Califano
Vittorio Caprioli
as Carmelo Improta
Elisa Mainardi
as Female Trickster (uncredited)
Pippo Pollaci
as Moustached Trickster (uncredited)
Nino Imparato
as Old Trickster (uncredited)
Loris Bazzocchi
as Train Passenger #1 (uncredited)
Roberto Della Casa
as Train Passenger #2 (uncredited)
Giorgio Iovine
as Train Passenger in the Turbulence (uncredited)
Giovanni Pallavicino
as Mourner Father (uncredited)
Nazzareno Natale
as N. U. (uncredited)
Vittorio De Bisogno
as Food Stand Vendor (uncredited)
Alba Maiolini
as Old Woman on Train (uncredited)
Franco Laitano
as Worker on Train (uncredited)
Nello Rivie
as Worker on Train (uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto
as Worker on Train (uncredited)
Gerlando Martelli
as Worker on Train (uncredited)
Franca Scagnetti
as Woman in the Toilette (uncredited)
Antonio Spinnato
as Sailor on Train (uncredited)
Romano Moraschini
as Running Man at Station (uncredited)
Benito Barbieri
as Monk at Station (uncredited)
Mario Castaldi
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Lina Franchi
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Lino Mattera
as Military Officer (uncredited)
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