What Scoundrels Men Are!

What Scoundrels Men Are!

1932 · 67 min · ★ 7.1 · Comedy, Romance

Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s shop assistant, and trying to impress her, pretending to be rich, uses his employer’s car to took her on a trip to the lakes, but things don’t work as planned and to conquer Mariuccia’s hearth won’t be so easy…

Directed by Mario Camerini · Written by Mario Camerini

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