AllMovie

Actor Aldo Fabrizi did double duty as star and director of the Italian seriocomedy Benevuto, Reverendo! Fabrizi plays a ne'er-do-well who robs a church collection box. To avoid detection, he dons the robes of a priest and slips out right under the parishioners' noses. He escapes to another village, where the locals assume that he's the new priest. Forced to keep up the masquerade, Fabrizi ends up taking his clerical responsibilities very seriously. Fabrizi co-scripted Benvenuto, Revendo! with Piero Tellini. The film was distributed worldwide by 20th Century-Fox.