---
title: 'Saint John, the Beheaded (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Giorgio Bianchi'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/saint-john-the-beheaded-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033017/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Saint John, the Beheaded (1940)

1940 · 89 min · Comedy · Italy

Original title: San Giovanni decollato

## Synopsis

Saint John, the Beheaded is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and Giorgio Bianchi and starring Totò, Titina De Filippo and Silvana Jachino. It was based on a play by Nino Martoglio. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Giorgio Bianchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-bianchi), [Amleto Palermi](https://cinepixo.com/people/amleto-palermi)
- **Screenplay:** [Amleto Palermi](https://cinepixo.com/people/amleto-palermi), [Cesare Zavattini](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-zavattini), [Nino Martoglio](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-martoglio), [Aldo Vergano](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-vergano)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cesare Andrea Bixio](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-andrea-bixio)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fernando Risi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-risi)
- **Editor:** [Duilio Lucarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/duilio-lucarelli)

## Cast

- [Gorella Gori](https://cinepixo.com/people/gorella-gori)
- [Oreste Bilancia](https://cinepixo.com/people/oreste-bilancia)
- [Renato Chiantoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-chiantoni)
- [Mario Siletti](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-siletti)
- [Luigi Almirante](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-almirante)
- [Osvaldo Genazzani](https://cinepixo.com/people/osvaldo-genazzani)
- [Dina Romano](https://cinepixo.com/people/dina-romano)
- [Franco Coop](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-coop)
- [Titina De Filippo](https://cinepixo.com/people/titina-de-filippo)
- [Totò](https://cinepixo.com/people/toto)
- [Peppino Villani](https://cinepixo.com/people/peppino-villani)
- [Liliana De Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-de-curtis)
- [Bella Starace Sainati](https://cinepixo.com/people/bella-starace-sainati)
- [Peppino Spadaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/peppino-spadaro)
- [Giacomo Almirante](https://cinepixo.com/people/giacomo-almirante)

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