Gli imbroglioni (lit. 'The Swindlers') is a 1963 comedy film written and directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Franco and Ciccio.
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
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| Produced by | Dario Sabatello[1] |
| Edited by | Gisa Radicchi Levi[1] |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli[1] |
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| Distributed by | Cineriz[2] |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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Plot
editThe film takes place in a court of law and is divided into an anthology format, spotlighting four criminal cases. The defendants consist of the following: a wealthy industrialist charged with fraud, two nuns who have gotten in trouble with the guardian of their order, the president of a football team implicated in illegal sporting activities, and two Sicilian businessmen who conned some investors into believing they have discovered an archaeological find.
Cast
edit- Walter Chiari as Dr. Mario Corti
- Antonella Lualdi as Sister Celestina
- Raimondo Vianello as Tabanelli
- Franco Franchi as Salvatore Di Carmine / Rizzo / Sposito
- Ciccio Ingrassia as Napoleone Palumbo / Nostradomine / Roccanera
- Luciana Gilli as Liliana Ferri
- Elio Crovetto as Gustav Schultz
- Xenia Valderi as Lilliana's mother
- Aroldo Tieri as Oscar Taverna
- Dominique Boschero as Oscar's Wife
- Umberto D'Orsi as Lucarini
- Pietro De Vico as chancellor
- Mario Scaccia as Mario's attorney
- Camillo Mastrocinque as Spianelli's attorney
- Seyna Seyn as Chinese girl
- Oreste Lionello as supermarket manager
- Claudio Gora as Spianelli
- Alberto Bonucci as The President
- Margaret Lee as Adelina[2]
Production
editGli imbroglioni was as an Italian and Spanish co-production between the Rome based Produzione D.S. and the Madrid based Tecisa Film.[1] The film was one of the many Italian film a episodi of the 1950s and 60s, which were multi-story comedy films that were popular during this period. The film's script was by Fulci and two different writing teams: Franco Castellano and Pipolo Pregadio who wrote the segement "Medico e fidanzata" and Mario Guerra and Vittorio Vighi who worked on the Franco and Ciccio scenes.[3]
It was shot in June 1963.[1]
Release
editGli imbroglioni was released first in Turin in September 25, 1963. It was later released in October 30 in Rome.[1]
It was later released in Spain first in Barcelona on November 21, 1964 followed by a screening in Madrid on April 18, 1965.The films title in Spain is Los mangantes (lit. 'The Crooks').[1]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thrower 2018, p. 68.
- 1 2 Howarth 2015, p. 85.
- ↑ Thrower 2018, p. 69.
Sources
edit- Howarth, Troy (2015). Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and his Films. Midnight Marquee Press.}
- Thrower, Stephen (2018) [May 1999]. Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (Revised & Expanded Second ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published February 2018). ISBN 978-1-903254-90-5.
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