The Courier of Moncenisio (1954 film)

The Courier of Moncenisio (Italian: Il vetturale del Moncenisio) is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Roldano Lupi, Virna Lisi and Arnoldo Foà.[1] It is the last of three film adaptation of the 1852 novel Jean le Coucher by Jean Bouchardy.[2]

The Courier of Moncenisio
Film poster
Directed byGuido Brignone
Written by
Produced byAlberto Manca
Starring
CinematographyRomolo Garroni
Edited byJolanda Benvenuti
Music byCarlo Innocenzi
Production
company
Radius Productions
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release date
  • 30 December 1954 (1954-12-30) (Italy)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

Nineteenth century. A woman, believing she has been widowed by her carrier husband, remarries a noble. He is actually plotting to get hold of a large inheritance, but he gets caught and kills himself. At this point, the woman's first husband, believed dead, reappears and rejoins the family.[2]

Cast

References
  1. Moliterno, Gino (2009). The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7059-8.
  2. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 49. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.


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