The Employee

{{short description|1959 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Employee | image = L'impiegato.jpg | caption = | director = Gianni Puccini | writer = | starring = Nino Manfredi | music = Piero Piccioni | cinematography = Carlo Di Palma | editing = Nino Baragli | producer = Tonino Cervi<br/>Alessandro Jacovoni | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1959}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }} '''''The Employee''''' ({{langx|it|L'impiegato}}) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film is loosely inspired by ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Giacovelli|title=La commedia all'italiana|year=1995|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1995|isbn=8876058737}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Edoardo Zaccagnini|title=I "mostri" al lavoro|year=2009|publisher=Sovera Edizioni, 2009|isbn=978-8881247905}}</ref>

== Cast == * Nino Manfredi as Nando * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Inspector Jacobetti * Anna Maria Ferrero as Joan * Gianrico Tedeschi as Director * Andrea Checchi as Francesco * Anna Campori as Lisetta * Sergio Fantoni as Sergio Jacobetti * Gianni Bonagura as Pipetto * Arturo Bragaglia as Nando's Father * Pietro De Vico as McNally * Cesare Polacco as Inspector Rock * Franco Giacobini as Rotondi * Polidor * Enrico Glori * Ignazio Leone *Gianni Minervini as a gangster

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0052921}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Employee, The}} Category:1959 films Category:Commedia all'italiana Category:Films directed by Gianni Puccini Category:Films set in Rome Category:Films shot in Rome Category:1959 comedy films Category:1959 Italian films Category:Films scored by Piero Piccioni Category:Italian comedy films Category:Italian black-and-white films