Operation San Pietro

Operation San Pietro

Wanted! These four numb-skulls stole a $50,000,000 statue from the Vatican... and sold it for $80.

1967 · 93 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Crime

Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help finance their new life of crime by planing to rob a statue from the Vatican. But a big-time American gangster, named Joe Ventura, hears about the heist and wants the priceless statue for himself by having his mistress, Samantha, come onto and betray the woman-hungry Cajella to give the statue away to her.

Directed by Lucio Fulci · Written by Ennio De Concini

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Lando Buzzanca Napoleone
Jean-Claude Brialy Cajella
Heinz Rühmann Erik Braun
Christine Barclay Marisa
Edward G. Robinson Joe Ventura
Uta Levka Samantha
Antonella Della Porta Cesira
Pinuccio Ardia il Barone
Ugo Fangareggi Agonia
Dante Maggio il Capitano
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia un sacerdote
Herbert Fux Targout

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