Big Deal on Madonna Street

Big Deal on Madonna Street

The Story of a Perfect Crime ... Perfectly Hilarious!

1958 · 106 min · ★ 8.1 · Comedy, Crime

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.

Directed by Mario Monicelli · Written by Furio Scarpelli

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Vittorio Gassman Peppe il pantera
Renato Salvatori Mario Angeletti
Memmo Carotenuto Cosimo
Rossana Rory Norma
Carla Gravina Nicoletta
Claudia Cardinale Carmelina
Marcello Mastroianni Tiberio
Totò Dante Cruciani
Carlo Pisacane Capannelle
Tiberio Murgia Michele Ferribotte
Gina Rovere Teresa, wife of Tiberio
Gina Amendola una delle tre "mamme" di Mario

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