The Moralist
Jun 30 1959
•2h 33m
•Comedy
The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.
Cast
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Alberto Sordi
Agostino
Vittorio De Sica
O.I.M.P. President
Maria Perschy
Monique
Franco Fabrizi
Giovanni
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