The Two Marshals

"The Two Marshals" (I Due Marescialli, 1961) — watch online on iFILM. Italian comedy from director Sergio Corbucci, with Totò and Vittorio De Sica. September 8, 1943: at a small railway station, carabinieri corporal Vittorio catches petty thief Antonio working the crowd disguised as a priest. Then the bombing starts.

In the chaos both men swap uniforms — the thief ends up as a corporal, the real corporal ends up in the cassock — and each has to play a role he's entirely unqualified for. Totò and De Sica are the kind of double act where every straight line becomes setup. Light, fast, does exactly what it sets out to do. Stream "The Two Marshals" online on iFILM.