The Swindle

Oct 7, 1955

1h 53m

★ 7.3

SOME PEOPLE DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS' WELFARE!

Overview

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Titanus

Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)

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Cast

Augusto

Broderick Crawford

Iris

Giulietta Masina

Carlo

Richard Basehart

Roberto

Franco Fabrizi

Susanna

Sue Ellen Blake

Marisa

Irene Cefaro

Rinaldo

Alberto De Amicis

Patrizia, Augusto's Daughter

Lorella De Luca

Baron Vargas

Giacomo Gabrielli

Riccardo

Riccardo Garrone

Paul Grenter

Emilio Manfredi

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