Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
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Broderick Crawford
Augusto
Giulietta Masina
Iris
Richard Basehart
Carlo
Franco Fabrizi
Roberto
Sue Ellen Blake
Susanna
Irene Cefaro
Marisa
Alberto De Amicis
Rinaldo
Lorella De Luca
Patrizia, Augusto's Daughter
Giacomo Gabrielli
Baron Vargas
Riccardo Garrone
Riccardo
Director
Federico Fellini
Screenplay
Tullio Pinelli
Tagline
"SOME PEOPLE DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS' WELFARE!"
Status
Released
Original Language
IT
Production
Titanus, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
CinemaSerf
November 14, 2022
I had no idea, until recently, that Broderick Crawford had ever done this film and he's really quite good. He ("Augusto") leads a trio of grifters who take the low hanging fruit. They have no scruples about robbing the vulnerable, ordinary folks - and are quite imaginative when it comes to their scams. Set against a backdrop of a still recovering post-war Italy, there is an effective cynicism abou...
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