I ladri
| I ladri | |
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Italian poster | |
| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Written by | Lucio Fulci Marcello Coscia Marino Onorati Vittorio Vighi Nanni Loy Ottavio Jemma |
| Produced by | Roberto Capitani Luigi Mondello |
| Starring | Totò Armando Calvo Giovanna Ralli |
| Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer [1] |
| Edited by | Juan Pisón Gino Talamo |
| Music by | Carlo Innocenzi |
Production companies |
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| Distributed by | Fenix Cinematográfica (Spain)[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
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| Language | Italian |
| Box office | ITL 263.690 million |
I ladri (lit. The Thieves) is a 1959 comedy film written and directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Totò and Giovanna Ralli.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
Gangster Joe Castagneto is declared undesirable by the U.S. government and returns to Naples where, under a special surveillance, he will have to deal with the hard-working and smart Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio.
Cast
- Totò as Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio
- Armando Calvo as Joe Castagnato/Inspector Mac Millan
- Giovanna Ralli as Maddalena Scognamiglio, Vincenzo's wife
- Giacomo Furia as Vincenzo Scognamiglio
- Enzo Turco as Brigadier Lanocella
- Fred Buscaglione as himself
- Juan José Menéndez as Alberto
- Rafael Luis Calvo as Ciardella
- Maria Luisa Rolando as Concetta Improta
- Felix Fernandex as Dr. Ascione
Development
I ladri was an Italian and Spanish co-production between I.C.M. Roma based in Rome and Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica bnased in Spain. Interiors were filmed at Incir-De Parolis Studios in Rome.[1]
I ladri was Lucio Fulci's first film as a director.[1]
Release
I ladri was first released regionally in Italy. It received theatrical releases in Turin on August 25, Rome on September 6, and Bari on September 10, 1959.[1]
It was released in Spain in as Contrabando en Nápoles in different cities: first in Barcelona on April 17, Madrid on December 12, 1960.[1] It grossed a total of 263,690,000 Italian lire in Italy.[5]
It received a Italian-language screening in Chicago on December 16, 1963 as Toto Commissario (I ladri).[1][6]
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Thrower 2018, p. 54.
- ^ Mereghetti, Paolo (2010). Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore. ISBN 978-8860736260.
- ^ Albiero, Paolo; Cacciatore, Giacomo (2015). Il terrorista dei generi: tutto il cinema di Lucio Fulci. Un Mondo a Parte, 2004. ISBN 978-8898395071.
- ^ Alberto Anile (1998). I film di Totò (1946-1967): la maschera tradita. Le mani. ISBN 8880120808.
- ^ Grainger & Thrower 2002, p. 272.
- ^ Chicago Tribune 1963, p. 3.
Sources
- Grainger, Julian; Thrower, Stephen (2002) [May 1999]. "The Films of Lucio Fulci". Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (2nd ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published December 2002). ISBN 0-9529260-6-7.
- Thrower, Stephen (2018) [May 1999]. Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (Revised & Expanded Second ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published February 2018). ISBN 978-1-903254-90-5.
- "Northwest". Chicago Tribune. December 14, 1963. Retrieved December 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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