Be Sick... It's Free

Be Sick... It's Free
(Il medico della mutua)
Be Sick... It's Free; (Il medico della mutua)
	Film poster
Directed by	Luigi Zampa
Written by	Sergio Amidei; Giuseppe D'Agata; Alberto Sordi; Luigi Zampa
Starring	Alberto Sordi
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Release date	1968;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	$1.6 million (Italy)

Be Sick... It's Free (Italian: Il medico della mutua) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi.^[2] A sequel was made titled Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue.

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[3]

^ "Metro, Par in Dual Assault on Italo B.O., But Euro Still No. 1 Distrib". Variety. 5 March 1969. p. 31.
^ Dan Pavlides (2008). "New York Times: Be Sick... It's Free". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 20 March 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.