7 Golden Monks

Feb 8, 1966

2h 0m

★ 6.0

Overview

Count Raimondo and his girlfriend Veronique return to Italy from Switzerland carrying with them a load of contraband cigarettes but, using the pretense of a kidnapping to cheat their supplier, they hide out in the convent run by his uncle Friar Hugh. In the same convent without anyone's knowledge, the bandit Lucky Marciano is also hiding out with a significant quantity of gold ingots stolen from the Swiss Federal Bank.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Cineraid

Ascot

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Cast

Conte Raimondo Vanzelli

Raimondo Vianello

Veronique, fidanzata del Conte

Magda Konopka

Lucky Marciano, Capo da banda

Marc Lawrence

Fra' Eutizio

Silvio Bagolini

Orazio, maggirdomo

Riccardo Billi

Podista

Alberto Bonucci

Alfio

Gino Buzzanca

Nando Cifrino, detto 'il fuga'

Memmo Carotenuto

Fra' Ugone, padre priore

Aldo Fabrizi

Lambrusci, complice del Conte

Carlo Pisacane

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