The Good Thief
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Caleb, "son of nobody" (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus' day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. When he witnesses Jesus turning water into wine, he thinks he's found a competitor. So Caleb goes on, convinced that Jesus is a fake just as he is, always trying to figure out his tricks. In the meantime, he gets involved with a prostitute (played by Edwige Fenech), but also with the wife of a Roman patrician (played by the equally alluring Bernadette Lafont), he steals a few goats and cons a few people, he befriends a lovable dog and gets in trouble with some Roman soldiers.
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Cast
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Enrico Montesano
Caleb
Known for
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Edwige Fenech
Debora
Known for
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
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Bernadette Lafont
Appula
Known for
Paulette
I Do
Claudio Cassinelli
Gesù
Known for
The Suspicious Death of a Minor
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Enzo Robutti
Centurion
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Bingo Bongo
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Daniele Vargas
Rufo
Known for
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Sara Franchetti
Maddalena
Known for
Suburræterna
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Stefania D'Amario
Rachele, wife of Batuele
Known for
Zombie Flesh Eaters
The Sister of Ursula
Jamil Joudi
Batuele
Also in
The Dove's Lost Necklace
Gallos de pelea
Zuzana Martinková
Marta
Known for
Frivolous Lola
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Anna Orso
Maria
Known for
The Manual of Love
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Marcella Petrelli
Prostitute
Known for
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Pasquale Festa Campanile Director · Ottavio Jemma Screenplay Renato Ghiotto Screenplay
Worldwide gross $5.8M · Budget $30M · First release February 1, 1980
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,756,945
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Carthago Films
Production
Daimo Cinematografica
Production
Italian International Film
Production
RAI
Production
Carthago Films S.a.r.l.
Production
Films A2
Production
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il ladrone
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · February 1, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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