Toto Tours Italy (Italian: Totò al giro d'Italia) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Location shooting took place around Italy including in Bologna and Milan. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
The film features cameos of famous cyclists and other sportsmen of the time: Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magni, Ferdi Kubler, Giordano Cottur, Gianni Ortelli, Oreste Conte, Adolfo Consolini, Louison Bobet, Briek Schotte, Amos Matteucci, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Ulisse Lorenzetti, Di Segni, Amadeo Deiana, Aldo Spoldi, Giuseppe Tosi, Camillo Achilli and Tazio Nuvolari.
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Plot
Totò Casamandrei, a middle-aged high school professor, sells his soul to the Devil to win the Giro d'Italia and impress the young Doriana, a cycling fan.
Cast
Totò as Prof. Toto' Casamandrei
Isa Barzizza as Doriana
Giuditta Rissone as Signora Casamandrei
Fulvia Franco as Miss Italia
Walter Chiari as Bruno
Carlo Ninchi as Dante Alighieri
Luigi Catoni as Nerone
Mario Castellani as Renato Stella, allenatore
Carlo Micheluzzi as Il Diavolo
Alda Mangini as Gervasia
Ughetto Bertucci as Armando
Gino Bartali as himself
Fausto Coppi as himself