The Thieves (1959 film)

The Thieves (Italian: I ladri, Spanish: Contrabando en Nápoles) is a 1959 Italian-Spanish criminal comedy film written and directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Totò and Giovanna Ralli.[1][2][3]

The Thieves
Italian poster
Directed byLucio Fulci
Produced byRoberto Capitani
Luigi Mondello
Written byLucio Fulci
Marcello Coscia
Marino Onorati
Vittorio Vighi
Nanni Loy
Ottavio Jemma
StarringTotò
Armando Calvo
Giovanna Ralli
Music byCarlo Innocenzi
CinematographyManuel Berenguer
Carlo Fiore
Edited byJuan Pisón
Gino Talamo
Distributed byFirst Line Films
Bengala Film
Release date
June 27, 1959
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

Gangster Joe Castagneto is declared undesirable by the U.S. government and returns to Naples where, under a special surveillance, he will have to deal with the hard-working and smart Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio.

Cast

  • Totò as Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio
  • Armando Calvo as Joe Castagnato/Inspector Mac Millan
  • Giovanna Ralli as Maddalena Scognamiglio, Vincenzo's wife
  • Giacomo Furia as Vincenzo Scognamiglio
  • Enzo Turco as Brigadier Lanocella
  • Fred Buscaglione as Himself
  • Juan José Menéndez as Alberto
  • Rafael Luis Calvo as Ciardella
  • Maria Luisa Rolando as Concetta Improta
  • Félix Fernández as Dr. Ascione

Release

The Thieves was released on June 27, 1959.[4]

See also

References

  1. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  2. Paolo Albiero, Giacomo Cacciatore. Il terrorista dei generi: tutto il cinema di Lucio Fulci. Un Mondo a Parte, 2004. ISBN 8898395078.
  3. Alberto Anile. I film di Totò (1946-1967): la maschera tradita. Le mani, 1998. ISBN 8880120808.
  4. Thrower, Stephen (1999). Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci. FAB Press. p. 272. ISBN 9780952926061.


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