The Passaguai Family Gets Rich

The Passaguai Family Gets Rich
Directed by Aldo Fabrizi
Written by Anton Germano Rossi
Aldo Fabrizi
Mario Amendola
Ruggero Maccari
Produced by Aldo Fabrizi
Starring Aldo Fabrizi
Erminio Macario
Ave Ninchi
Giovanna Ralli
Cinematography Mario Bava
Edited by Nella Nannuzzi
Music by Carlo Innocenzi
Production
company
Alfa Film
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
 7 March 1952
Running time
 96 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (Italian: La Famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi and starring Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It is the sequel to the hit 1951 film The Passaguai Family.

It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and reunited many of the cast and crew from the previous film. It earned around 192 million lira at the domestic box office.

Synopsis

At the end of the previous film the family patriarch Giuseppe lost his job. Now after a chance meeting with an old comrade he goes into business with him, each pretending to the other that they are a millionaire.

Cast