Big Deal on Madonna Street
A pair of bumbling amateur thieves and their eccentric crew hatch a chaotic plan to tunnel into a pawnshop, only to find that their lack of skill—and endless misfortunes—threaten to turn their heist into a disaster.
“The Story of a Perfect Crime ... Perfectly Hilarious!”
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Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they
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Principal cast & crew: 35
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Edited by Adriana NovelliShot by Gianni Di VenanzoScored by Piero UmilianiDesigned by Piero Gherardi
Also known as
- Diebe haben's schwerde
- Big Deal on Madonna Streeten
- Persons Unknownen
- Los desconocidos de siemprees
- Le Pigeonfr
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Cast & Crew
35 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Vittorio Gassman
as Giuseppe 'Peppe er Pantera' Baiocchi
Marcello Mastroianni
as Tiberio Braschi
Carla Gravina
as Nicoletta
Claudia Cardinale
as Carmelina Nicosia
Carlo Pisacane
as Pierluigi 'Capannelle'
Renato Salvatori
as Mario Angeletti
Toto
as Dante Cruciani
Memmo Carotenuto
as Cosimo Proietti
Rossana Rory
as Norma
Tiberio Murgia
as Michele 'Ferribotte' Nicosia
Gina Rovere
as Teresa, wife of Tiberio
Gina Amendola
as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario
Supporting cast
14Elvira Tonelli
as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario
Elena Fabrizi
as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario
Pasquale Misiano
as Massimo
Renato Terra
as Eladio
Aldo Trifiletti
as Fernando, il portiere dello stabile di Nicoletta
Nino Marchetti
as Luigi, l'impiegato del banco dei pegni
Mario De Simone
as il ricettatore
Mario Feliciani
as il commissario di polizia
Mimmo Poli
as un carcerato
Gustavo Serena
as il guardiano dell'orfanotrofio
Ida Masetti
as Gabriella
Edith Bruck
as donna che litiga sotto il lucernario
Gianni Di Segni
as Pugile (uncredited)
Filippo Spoletini
as Brawler (uncredited)
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