▁that ▁leads ▁to ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁increasing ly ▁violent ▁j okes . ▁ ▁Production ▁and ▁reception ▁It ▁was ▁shot ▁at ▁C ine c itt à ▁in ▁Rome ▁partly ▁using ▁sets ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁constructed ▁for ▁Bl as etti ' s ▁earlier ▁The ▁Iron ▁Crown ▁which ▁was ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁era . ▁Am ede o ▁N azz ari , ▁the ▁leading ▁Italian ▁star ▁of ▁the ▁de cade , ▁was ▁cast ▁strongly ▁against ▁type . ▁Usually ▁N azz ari ▁played ▁rom antic ▁hero es ▁or ▁action ▁men , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁he ▁plays ▁a ▁l out ish ▁character ▁and ▁appeared ▁without ▁his ▁tra dem ark ▁m oust ache . ▁A ▁popular ▁catch phr ase ▁associated ▁with ▁N azz ari ▁origin ated ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁" a ▁pl ague ▁on ▁anyone ▁who ▁ref uses ▁to ▁drink ▁with ▁me !" ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁extremely ▁popular ▁and ▁boost ed ▁the ▁career ▁of ▁Clara ▁Cal am ai ▁in ▁particular . ▁In ▁one ▁scene ▁she ▁has ▁her ▁dress ▁ri pped ▁off ▁by ▁N azz ari , ▁briefly ▁expos ing ▁her ▁bre asts ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁to pl ess ▁scenes ▁in ▁Italian ▁cinema . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁films ▁in ▁which ▁Os val do ▁Val enti ▁and ▁Lu isa ▁Fer ida , ▁later ▁executed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁appeared ▁together . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁Am ede o ▁N azz ari ▁as ▁N eri ▁Ch iar am ont esi ▁▁ ▁Os val do ▁Val enti ▁as ▁Gian net to ▁M ales p ini