Il commissario Lo Gatto

Il commissario Lo Gatto

1986 · 91 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Crime

Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question the Pope! For this reason Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian remote island Favignana. There is very little for the commissioner to do on the quiet island, so Lo Gatto decides to investigate the vanishing of a tourist which quickly becomes a very complicated affair.

Directed by Dino Risi · Written by Dino Risi

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Lino Banfi Natale Lo Gatto
Maurizio Ferrini Gino Gridelli
Maurizio Micheli Vito Ragusa
Isabel Russinova Maria Papetti / Wilma Cerulli
Galeazzo Benti Fricò
Renata Attivissimo Addolorata Patanè
Nicoletta Boris Annunziata Patanè
Albano Bufalini Salvatore Calì
Roberto Della Casa Arcuni
Gianni Franco Dr. 'Bazooka' Pedretti
Marcello Furgiuele Mario
Licinia Lentini Mrs. Bellugi

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