Velvet Hands

Velvet Hands

98 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 20, 1979

Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of enemies too: the insurance agencies, who've lost hundreds of customers, and the burglarers. When he temporarily looses his memory and voice in an accident, of all people, a family of thieves finds and cares for him - believing he's a pocket-picker. Things get complicated when he falls in love with his host Tilli.

Velvet Hands

98 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 20, 1979

Velvet Hands
Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of enemies too: the insurance agencies, who've lost hundreds of customers, and the burglarers. When he temporarily looses his memory and voice in an accident, of all people, a family of thieves finds and cares for him - believing he's a pocket-picker. Things get complicated when he falls in love with his host Tilli.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Capital Films
Original title Mani di velluto
Directors Vittoria Vigorelli, Alessandro Metz, Pipolo, Castellano
Writers Pipolo, Castellano

Cast

Adriano Celentano

as Ingegner Quiller

Eleonora Giorgi

as Tilli

Pippo Santonastaso

as Ispettore

Olga Karlatos

as Petula

Memo Dittongo

as Momo, fratelli di Tilli

John Sharp

as Benny

Gianni Zullo

as il nonno di Tilli

Sandro Ghiani

as il barista

Sergio Tardioli

as istente del commissario

Walter Valdi

as il medico

Dino Cassio

as un ladro

John Karlsen

as il notaio

Renzo Palmer

as il cardinale Zio

Pietro Tordi

as il carcerato che legge la poesia

Ania Pieroni

as Maggie

Gianrico Tondinelli

as amante di Petula