Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
Director:
Mario Monicelli
Writers:
Agenore Incrocci, Mario Monicelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Furio Scarpelli.
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Vittorio Gassman as Peppe il pantera |
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Renato Salvatori as Mario Angeletti |
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Memmo Carotenuto as Cosimo |
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Rossana Rory as Norma |
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Carla Gravina as Nicoletta |
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Claudia Cardinale as Carmelina |
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Marcello Mastroianni as Tiberio |
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Totò as Dante Cruciani |
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Carlo Pisacane as Capannelle |
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Tiberio Murgia as Michele Ferribotte |
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Gina Rovere as Teresa, wife of Tiberio |
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Gina Amendola as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario |
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Elvira Tonelli as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario |
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Elena Fabrizi as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario |
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Pasquale Misiano as Massimo |
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Renato Terra as Eladio |
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Aldo Trifiletti as Fernando, il portiere dello stabile di Nicoletta |
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Nino Marchetti as Luigi, l'impiegato del banco dei pegni |
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Mario De Simone as il ricettatore |
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Mario Feliciani as il commissario di polizia |
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Mimmo Poli as un carcerato |
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Gustavo Serena as il guardiano dell'orfanotrofio |
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Ida Masetti as Gabriella |
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Edith Bruck as donna che litiga sotto il lucernario |
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Gianni Di Segni as Pugile (uncredited) |
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Filippo Spoletini as Brawler (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mario Monicelli | Director |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Story |
| Editing | Adriana Novelli | Editor |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Story |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Production | Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marisa Letti | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Silvana Mangini Colizzi | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Gherardi | Costume Design |
| Production | Vincenzo Taito | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Romolo De Martino | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Piero Gherardi | Production Design |
| Production | Nicolò Pomilia | Production Manager |
| Camera | Erico Menczer | Camera Operator |
| Art | Vito Anzalone | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Luigi Puri | Sound |
| Sound | Piero Umiliani | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Renato Jaboni | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Oscar Di Santo | Sound |
| Production | Gino Millozza | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Mario Maffei | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Filippo Spoletini | Stunts |