The Swindle
“SOME PEOPLE DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS' WELFARE!”
Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
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Cast
31 people
Broderick Crawford
Augusto
Known for
All the King's Men
Born Yesterday
Giulietta Masina
Iris
Known for
La Strada
Nights of Cabiria
Richard Basehart
Carlo
Known for
La Strada
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Franco Fabrizi
Roberto
Known for
I Vitelloni
The Little Bather
Sue Ellen Blake
Susanna
Known for
Love in the City
Irene Cefaro
Marisa
Also in
Destinazione Piovarolo
Bravissimo
Alberto De Amicis
Rinaldo
Known for
The Passionate Thief
Lorella De Luca
Patrizia, Augusto's Daughter
Known for
The Return of Ringo
Poor But Beautiful
Giacomo Gabrielli
Baron Vargas
Also in
Where Is Freedom?
Riccardo Garrone
Riccardo
Known for
La Dolce Vita
Sherlock Hound
Paul Grenter
Emilio Manfredi
Federico Fellini Director · Tullio Pinelli Screenplay Ennio Flaiano Screenplay
United States release October 1, 1962 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production
Titanus
Production
Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il bidone
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 9, 1955
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · October 7, 1955
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1962
Theatrical
United States
July 18, 1963 · Theatrical · San Francisco, California
Austria
October 1, 1957 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 7, 1955 · TV
France
February 29, 1956 · Theatrical
July 18, 2000 · Physical · DVD
October 28, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 17, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
August 23, 1957 · Theatrical · West Germany
August 11, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Italy
June 24, 2021 · Premiere · Pesaro Film Festival
Japan
February 18, 1958 · Theatrical
November 25, 2001 · Premiere · Grande Retrospettiva del Cinema Italiano
Netherlands
August 7, 2007 · Physical · DVD
December 30, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
Portugal
October 5, 1956 · Theatrical
November 4, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema
Sweden
October 7, 1955 · Theatrical
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