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(Redirected from Contrabando en Nápoles) 1959 Italian film

The Thieves
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 Carlo Fiore
Edited by	Juan Pisón Gino Talamo
Music by	Carlo Innocenzi
Distributed by	First Line Films Bengala Film
Release date	27 June 1959 (1959-06-27)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Thieves (Italian: I ladri, Spanish: Contrabando en Nápoles) is a 1959 Italian-Spanish criminal comedy film written and directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Totò and Giovanna Ralli.

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

Release

The Thieves was released on June 27, 1959.

References

Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
Paolo Albiero, Giacomo Cacciatore (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, 1998. ISBN 8880120808.
Thrower, Stephen (1999). Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci. FAB Press. p. 272. ISBN 9780952926061.