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{{Infobox film
| name = Totò Diabolicus
| image =  Totò Diabolicus.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Steno (director)|Steno]]
| writer = [[Vittorio Metz]] <br /> [[Roberto Gianviti]] <br /> [[Marcello Fondato]] <br />  Steno <br />[[Giovanni Grimaldi]] <br /> [[Bruno Corbucci]]
| starring =  [[Totò]]
| music = [[Piero Piccioni]]
| cinematography =  [[Enzo Barboni]]
| editing =  
| producer =
| distributor = [[Titanus]]
| released = {{Film date|1962}}
| runtime = 92 min
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
}}

'''''Totò Diabolicus''''' is a 1962 Italian [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Steno (director)|Steno]], in which [[Totò]] plays six different characters.<ref>{{cite book|last=[[Orio Caldiron]]|title=Totò|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2001}}</ref> It is a [[Parody film|parody]] of the [[giallo]] genre, as well as of the noir comic book series ''[[Diabolik]]'', which debuted the same year.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fabio Rossi|title=La lingua in gioco|publisher=Bulzoni, 2002}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Baron Torrealta is murdered by a mysterious assassin known as "Diabolicus". Due to the sizable inheritance, the police suspects the baron's heirs. The mystery deepens, however, as the suspects become targets themselves.

== Cast ==
*[[Totò]]: Galeazzo di Torrealta/Carlo di Torrealta/Scipione di Torrealta/Monsignor Antonino di Torrealta/Laudomia di Torrealta/Pasquale Bonocore
*[[Raimondo Vianello]]: Michele aka Lallo
*[[Béatrice Altariba]]: Diana
*[[Nadine Sanders]]: donna Fiore di Torrealta
*[[Luigi Pavese]]: police commissioner
*[[Mario Castellani]]: inspector Scalarini
*[[Peppino De Martino]]: Cocozza
*[[Steno (director)|Steno]]: Angelo, the gardener
*[[Franco Giacobini]]: Dr. Pandoro
*[[Pietro De Vico]]: patient

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0056604}} 
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[[Category:1962 films]]
[[Category:1962 black comedy films]]
[[Category:1960s crime comedy films]]
[[Category:1960s parody films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Steno (director)]]
[[Category:Italian black comedy films]]
[[Category:Italian parody films]]
[[Category:Italian crime comedy films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi]]
[[Category:1962 Italian-language films]]
[[Category:1962 Italian films]]
[[Category:Films based on Italian comics]]
[[Category:Giallo films]]
[[Category:Films about nobility]]
[[Category:Films scored by Piero Piccioni]]
[[Category:Diabolik]]
[[Category:Italian-language black comedy films]]


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