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Tookey's Rating
6 /10
 
Average Rating
7.43 /10
 
Starring
Vittorio Gassman, Ranato Salvattori, Rossana Rory
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Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Written by: Age Scarpelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Mario Monicelli

 
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Released: 1958
   
Genre: BLACK COMEDY
FOREIGN
CRIME
THRILLER
COMEDY
   
Origin: Italy
   
Colour: BW
   
Length: 91
 
 


 
Incompetent crooks try to rob a pawn shop.
Reviewed by Chris Tookey


Deliberately ludicrous parody of Rififi and other heist thrillers. Despite a slow start and a half-hearted attempt to insert some love interest, it was a hit in Italy and America thanks to a host of fine sight gags. It may be a one-joke picture, but at least that joke is explored to the full. It was remade by Louis Malle, with a San Francisco setting, as Crackers (1984).


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