Funniest Show on Earth

Funniest Show on Earth (Italian: Il più comico spettacolo del mondo) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring May Britt.^[1] It is the first Italian film in 3D.

Funniest Show on Earth (Il più comico spettacolo del mondo)
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Sandro Continenza Italo De Tuddo Ruggero Maccari Mario Monicelli
Produced by	Alfredo De Laurentiis
Starring	May Britt Totò Peppino De Filippo
Cinematography	Riccardo Pallottini
Edited by	Leo Cattozzo
Music by	Armando Trovaioli
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	1953 (1953)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

It was filmed with a three-dimensional shooting system patented by Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentiis and called "PoDelVision" (from the initials of their surnames), which prescribed the simultaneous use of more cameras and then the printing of two identical copies of films: one for the left eye and one for the right eye.^[2]

The film is an explicit parody of Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth.^[2]

Plot

In the circus a clown named Tottons Togni (Totò), forced to never remove his make-up to avoid revealing his real identity, is constantly haunted by the jealousy of three women (a lion tamer, a fantasist, a trapeze artist) and also by the investigations of a police officer.

Cast

• Totò as Tottons, il clown / Una signora del pubblico
• May Britt as Brigitte, la domatrice
• Mario Castellani as Il domatore
• Peppino De Filippo as Uno spettatore
• Bianca Maria Fabbri
• Franca Faldini as Yvonne, la soubrette
• Enzo Garinei as Altro presentatore
• Fanny Landini
• Marc Lawrence as Il proprietario del circo
• Salvo Libassi
• Alberto Sorrentino as Bastian
• Anthony Quinn as Spettatore
• Silvana Mangano as Spettatrice