The Good Thief

The Good Thief

1980 · 108 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile · Written by Renato Ghiotto

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Enrico Montesano Caleb
Edwige Fenech Debora
Bernadette Lafont Appula
Claudio Cassinelli Gesù
Enzo Robutti Centurion
Daniele Vargas Rufo
Sara Franchetti Maddalena
Stefania D'Amario Rachele, wife of Batuele
Jamil Joudi Batuele
Zuzana Martinková Marta
Anna Orso Maria
Marcella Petrelli Prostitute

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