PERSONS UNKNOWN
synopsis
Caught red-handed for a crime he swears he didn't commit, the hopeful criminal mastermind and--for now--small-time thief, Cosimo, entrusts the square-jawed boxer, Peppe, with the plan for a seemingly fail-proof pawnshop heist on the quiet Madonna Street. However, as the news of this lucrative job spreads like wildfire, instead, it's Cosimo's band of maladroit petty criminals--including a destitute photographer with fatherly obligations--who will take action for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But, will things work as planned?
international title: | Big Deal on Madonna Street |
original title: | I soliti ignoti |
country: | Italy |
year: | 1958 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mario Monicelli |
film run: | 106' |
release date: | ES 25/07/1958, IT 26/07/1958, SE 26/02/1959, CH 09/07/1959, FR 11/09/1959, PT 13/11/1959, DE 18/12/1959, UK 1960, NL 09/03/1961, GR 14/01/2004, FI 11/03/2005 |
screenplay: | Agenore "Age" Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Mario Monicelli |
cast: | Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori |
cinematography by: | Gianni Di Venanzo |
film editing: | Adriana Novelli |
art director: | Piero Gherardi |
costumes designer: | Piero Gherardi |
producer: | Franco Cristaldi |