Sunday Heroes
6.1
Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he has a relationship with proposes him to rig it. He refuses the offer but he actually begins playing like an amateur and the crowd begin to smell something fishy going on.
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Cast
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Raf Vallone
Gino Bardi
Known for
The Godfather Part III
The Italian Job
Cosetta Greco
Mara
Also in
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Three Girls from Rome
Mario Camerini
Franco Brusati
Alessandro Cicognini
Marcello Mastroianni
Carlo Vagnetti
Known for
8½
La Dolce Vita
Adriana Novelli
Paolo Stoppa
Piero
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Marquis of Grillo
Mario Bava
Ennio De Concini
Franco Interlenghi
Marini
Known for
I Vitelloni
Shoeshine
Piero Filippone
Mario Camerini Director · Franco Brusati Screenplay Lionello De Felice Screenplay
First release December 30, 1952 · Produced in Italy · Original title Gli eroi della domenica
Production
Rizzoli Film
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Gli eroi della domenica
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 30, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
April 23, 1954
Germany
June 25, 1972 · TV premiere
Netherlands
January 1, 1953
Portugal
March 19, 1954
Spain
May 24, 1954 · Madrid
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