Johnny Stecchino
“Sometimes a banana is just a banana!”
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.
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Roberto Benigni
Dante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
To Rome with Love
Nicoletta Braschi
Maria
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
Pinocchio
Paolo Bonacelli
D'Agata
Known for
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Midnight Express
Franco Volpi
Ministro
Known for
The One Man Band
Perched on a Tree
Ivano Marescotti
Dr. Randazzo
Known for
Cado dalle nubi
Hannibal
Turi Scalia
Giudice
Also in
Mastro Don Gesualdo
Il marchese di Roccaverdina
Loredana Romito
Gianna
Known for
The Comics 2
Alessandro De Santis
Lillo
Sal Borgese
Ignazio
Known for
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Odds and Evens
Gaetano Campisi
Picciotto in auto
Also in
A Leap in the Dark
The Seagull
Giulio Donnini
Cardinale
Known for
The Comics 2
Beat the Devil
Domenico Minutoli
Questore di Palermo
Also in
Barney's Version
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
Roberto Benigni Director · Vincenzo Cerami Screenplay Evan Lurie Composer
United States release October 9, 1992 · Produced in Italy · Production Penta Film, New Line Cinema
Production
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
Production
Penta Film
Production
New Line Cinema
Studio
Penta Films
Production
Silvio Berlusconi Communications
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · October 24, 1991
Theatrical
United States · October 9, 1992
Theatrical
South Korea
August 7, 1993 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 21, 2002 · Physical · DVD
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