No offense. I did not find it entertaining. I recognized no parentage to the modern comedy nor the modern heist movie. Mediocre acting, no comedic timing, light on facial expressions, badly dubbed, and no subtitles. If you watched the movie without audio, you wouldn't be able to tell what genre it is. However, one may be able to appreciate it for it's intrinsic value if you take into consideration the limitations of the industry then, movie tropes and conventions of the time, historical context and have familiarity with Neapolitan culture from other sources. Because instead of being a lighthearted and faithful representation of Neapolitan culture it represents the state of Italian filmmaking of the time.In short, a relic. destined to remain in it's time capsule. Inaccessible without Italian fluency, barely comprehensible if you don-t have familiarity with Neapolitan language as some of the humour relies on it. This movie is to be taken out as an object of study

Still good 51 years after. We got Toto, Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, 3 great great comic actors. Plus Senta Berger, young and sexy, Claudine Auger, also young and very sexy (her best role from all), Harry Guardino. Toto, which was one of greatest comic actors ever, has just a small part. Manfredi and Adorf, other two huge comics, not only of the Italian cinema but also international (mostly Adorf who is still alive), they have more consistent roles.

TREASURE OF SAN GENNARO is a wacky Italian heist comedy in which an all-star team of crooks attempt to pull off a large-scale heist only to find themselves thwarted at every turn by the ill fortunes of fate. As such this is largely a comedy of terrors with all kinds of situational comedy and just plain bad luck thrown into the mix.The film is very stylish as you'd expect from a light and breezy Italian comedy made in the 1960s. It reminded me something of the Eurospy films being pumped out during the decade although of course there isn't much in the way of a Bond influence; this is more like a take on RIFIFI or something similar.The cast is a lot of fun, featuring Nino Manfredi in a hard-working turn as the ringleader of the gang and Mario Adorf as a thuggish/stupid ally. Italian comedian Toto plays an old timer. Harry Guardino is the imported American star while Claudine Auger and in particular Senta Berger (whom the camera loves) add Euro glamour.

In the greatest city of the world someone wants to steal the San Gennaro's treasure. Dudu (Nino Manfredi) boss of "La Sanità" (a popular quarter of Naples) is taking time to make the right choice: can they succeed? is it really a great occasion? will San Gennaro be happy? The comedy let us understand lot of things about the city of Naples and its habits: superstitious practices, amazing people (like "the baron": the only man who has the heart on the right) and their passion for music (the Festival of Neapolitan song, and the great singer Sergio Bruni, he always wants to be the last to sing)... And TOTO', playing the role of DON VINCENZO IL FENOMENO: a genius.