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La cambiale
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La cambiale

1959-11-19 · 105 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy

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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Directors
Camillo Mastrocinque
Production companies
Jolly Film
Countries
Italy
Status
Released

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Vittorio GassmanVittorio GassmanMichele
Ugo TognazziUgo TognazziAlfredo Balzarini
TotòTotòCesare Posalaquaglia
Sylva KoscinaSylva KoscinaOdette Mercury
Giorgia MollGiorgia MollMaria
Peppino De FilippoPeppino De FilippoPeppino Posalaquaglia
Erminio MacarioErminio MacarioTommaso
Raimondo VianelloRaimondo VianelloOlimpio
Paolo FerrariPaolo FerrariOttavio
Aroldo TieriAroldo TieriCommendator Pierluigi Bruscatelli
Luigi PaveseLuigi Pavesepropriétaire
Lia ZoppelliLia ZoppelliLa moglie di Alfredo
Toni UcciToni UcciArbitro del match di lotta
Marisa MantovaniMarisa MantovaniDonna che cerca il gattone
Andrea BosicAndrea BosicAlessio, principe russo
Franca DominiciFranca DominiciProprietaria di Pallino
Laura NucciLaura NucciBaronessa
Dina PerbelliniDina PerbelliniMarchesa
Nanda PrimaveraNanda PrimaveraZia Tamara
Maria MarchiMaria MarchiDonna Ines

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