Million Dollar Eel

1971•1h 49m

ComedyCrime

An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).

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Production

Mega Film, Colt Produzioni Cinematografiche

Language

Status

Released

Release Date

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Ottavia Piccolo

Margherita 'Tina' Tellini

Lino Toffolo

Giovanni Boscolo 'Bissa'

Rodolfo Baldini

Lino

Mario Adorf

Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca

Senta Berger

Countess Spodani

Gabriele Ferzetti

Vasco

Franco Marletta

Verzini

Daniele Dublino

Priest

Ricky Gianco

Barman

Sergio Cesca

Inspector Cesca

Carla Mancini

Tinas Class Companion

Luciano Spadoni

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