Prickly Pears (1980)
Lorenzo is the mayor of a small town. One evening, returning home, surprised the well-known playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his beautiful wife. Enraged, he threatens the two with a gun, and Buccilli is the victim of a heart attack: the man survives but, forced to total rest, remains at the mayor's house. The result is an endless series of gags and misunderstandings, due to the stratagems devised by Lorenzo to avoid that the situation becomes the subject of gossip by fellow citizens ...
Director:
Steno
Writers:
Steno, Raimondo Vianello, Enrico Vanzina, Sandro Continenza, Renato Pozzetto.
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Renato Pozzetto as Dott.Lorenzo Millozzi |
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Aldo Maccione as Arrigo "Ghigo" Buccilli |
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Gloria Guida as Lia Millozzi |
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Diego Abatantuono as Capo delle "Belve" |
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Gianfranco Barra as Commissario di Polizia |
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Daniele Formica as Lanzarotti |
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Luca Sportelli as Don Eusebio |
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Roberto Della Casa as portiere |
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Néstor Garay as fratello di Lorenzo |
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Dario Ghirardi as barista |
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Renato Montalbano as dottore della compagnia assicurativa |
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Loredana Martínez as Marcellina, domestica di Millozzi |
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Licinia Lentini as moglie di Cicognelli |
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Giulio Massimini as Vigile Urbano |
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Daniele Vargas as capo di Millozzi |
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Angelo Pellegrino as segretario di Millozzi |
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Sandro Ghiani as Giovanni, l'usciere del municipio |
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Jimmy il Fenomeno as Arturo Brambilloni, sposo in comune |
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Pietro Zardini as Mazzetti, vicino di casa |
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Raimondo Penne as avvocato Cicognelli |
| Production | Achille Manzotti | Producer |
| Directing | Steno | Director |
| Writing | Steno | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silvio Laurenzi | Costume Design |
| Writing | Raimondo Vianello | Screenplay |
| Directing | Massimo Carocci | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Enrico Vanzina | Screenplay |
| Writing | Raimondo Vianello | Story |
| Directing | Marina Mattoli | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Paola Comencini | Production Design |
| Production | Elio Saroli | Production Manager |
| Production | Luigi Patrizi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Paolo Infascelli | Line Producer |
| Writing | Sandro Continenza | Screenplay |
| Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Editor |
| Sound | Giancarlo Chiaramello | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Renato Pozzetto | Screenplay |
| Crew | Franco Maria Salamon | Stunts |
| Crew | Pietro Sarubbi | Stunts |
| Crew | Franco Ukmar | Stunts |
| Editing | Pina Triunveri | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcello Longhi | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Alberto Bartolomei | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Maurizio Merli | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Roberto Nicosia | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Giorgio Pallotta | Sound |
| Crew | Sergio Mioni | Master at Arms |
| Writing | Sandro Continenza | Story |
| Production | Rossella Angeletti | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Massimo Carlini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Fabio Conversi | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Riccardo Mioni | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gianfranco Mecacci | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Valter Iaconi | Stunts |
| Editing | Rosanna Landi | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Carlo Carlini | Director of Photography |