Big Deal on Madonna Street

Big Deal on Madonna Street

106 mins | Crime, Comedy | July 26, 1958

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.

Big Deal on Madonna Street

106 mins | Crime, Comedy | July 26, 1958

Big Deal on Madonna Street
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Lux Film, Vides Cinematografica
Original title I soliti ignoti
Directors Silvana Mangini Colizzi, Mario Maffei, Mario Monicelli
Writers Mario Monicelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci

Cast

Vittorio Gassman

as Peppe il pantera

Renato Salvatori

as Mario Angeletti

Memmo Carotenuto

as Cosimo

Rossana Rory

as Norma

Carla Gravina

as Nicoletta

Claudia Cardinale

as Carmelina

Totò

as Dante Cruciani

Carlo Pisacane

as Capannelle

Tiberio Murgia

as Michele Ferribotte

Gina Rovere

as Teresa, wife of Tiberio

Gina Amendola

as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario

Elvira 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)