Big Deal on Madonna Street
“The Story of a Perfect Crime ... Perfectly Hilarious!”
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.
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Part of The Usual Suspects Collection
3 films
Cast
26 people
Vittorio Gassman
Peppe il pantera
Known for
Il Sorpasso
For Love and Gold
Renato Salvatori
Mario Angeletti
Known for
Rocco and His Brothers
Ace
Memmo Carotenuto
Cosimo
Known for
Umberto D.
Don Camillo's Last Round
Rossana Rory
Norma
Known for
L'Eclisse
Come September
Carla Gravina
Nicoletta
Known for
The Antichrist
The Inheritor
Claudia Cardinale
Carmelina
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
8½
Marcello Mastroianni
Tiberio
Known for
8½
La Dolce Vita
Totò
Dante Cruciani
Known for
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Carlo Pisacane
Capannelle
Known for
For Love and Gold
The Traffic Policeman
Tiberio Murgia
Michele Ferribotte
Known for
Madly in Love
The Great War
Gina Rovere
Teresa, wife of Tiberio
Known for
God Forgives... I Don't!
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Gina Amendola
una delle tre "mamme" di Mario
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Mario Monicelli Director · Agenore Incrocci Screenplay Furio Scarpelli Screenplay
First release July 26, 1958 · Produced in Italy · Production Vides Cinematografica, Lux Vide
Production
Lux Film
Production
Vides Cinematografica
Production
Lux Vide
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original title
I soliti ignoti
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · July 26, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
January 1, 1959 · Theatrical
France
July 1, 1959 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 13, 1959 · Theatrical
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