The Traffic Policeman

The Traffic Policeman
(Il vigile)
Italian poster
Directed byLuigi Zampa
Written byUgo Guerra
Rodolfo Sonego
Luigi Zampa
Produced byGuido Giambartolomei
StarringAlberto Sordi
Vittorio De Sica
Marisa Merlini
Sylva Koscina
Mario Riva
CinematographyLeonida Barboni
Edited byGuido Giambartolomei
Music byPiero Umiliani
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Traffic Policeman (Italian: Il vigile) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi in the lead role. A representative of the commedia all'italiana genre, it tells the story of a traffic policeman and the injustice he endures for daring to enforce the law at the expense of people in power.