La cambiale (1959)
Overview
The Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives as recognition for Tommaso a bill of one hundred thousand lire from the famous financier Bruscatelli, who ends up in prison immediately afterwards.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 3.128 |
Directed By
Camillo Mastrocinque
Crew
Camillo Mastrocinque
Arrigo Colombo
Roberto Palaggi
Giorgio Papi
Alvaro Mancori
Luigi Gervasi
Vittorio Metz
Renzo Tarabusi
Roberto Gianviti
Luigi Magni
Vittorio Metz
Roberto Cinquini
Rometta Pietrostefani
Piero Filippone
Giovanni Rossi
Guglielmo Mancori
Roberto Gianviti
Ugo Pericoli
Maria Angelini
Federico Zardi
Giulio Scarnicci
Goffredo Rocchetti
Franco Palaggi
Manlio Scarpelli
Carlo Innocenzi
Franco Montemurro
TOP CAST
Vittorio Gassman
Michele
Ugo Tognazzi
Alfredo Balzarini
Totò
Cesare Posalaquaglia
Sylva Koscina
Odette Mercury
Giorgia Moll
Maria
Peppino De Filippo
Peppino Posalaquaglia
Erminio Macario
Tommaso
Raimondo Vianello
Olimpio
Paolo Ferrari
Ottavio
Aroldo Tieri
Commendator Pierluigi Bruscatelli
Luigi Pavese
propriétaire
Lia Zoppelli
La moglie di Alfredo
Toni Ucci
Arbitro del match di lotta
Marisa Mantovani
Donna che cerca il gattone
Andrea Bosic
Alessio, principe russo
Franca Dominici
Proprietaria di Pallino
Laura Nucci
Baronessa
Dina Perbellini
Marchesa
Nanda Primavera
Zia Tamara
Maria Marchi
Donna Ines
Olimpia Cavalli
Enrichetta
Nada Cortese
Moglie di Temistocle
Gina Rovere
Lola Capponi
Mario Castellani
Avvocato Incarta
Peppino De Martino
Cameriere con la mano fratturata
Eduardo Passarelli
Brigadiere
Gianni Di Segni
Ursus (uncredited)
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