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School of Thieves

School of Thieves

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1986•1h 36m•5.7/10
Comedy

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5.7/10(248)

Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.

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Production

Maura International Films, C.G. Silver Film

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Paolo Villaggio

Paolo Villaggio

Dalmazio Siraghi

Lino Banfi

Lino Banfi

Amalio Siraghi

Massimo Boldi

Massimo Boldi

Egisto Siraghi

Enrico Maria Salerno

Enrico Maria Salerno

Zio Aliprando Siraghi

Antonio Barrios

Antonio Barrios

Franco Nero

Barbara Scoppa

Barbara Scoppa

Marisa Padovan

Antonio Allocca

Antonio Allocca

Il paziente

Ennio Antonelli

Ennio Antonelli

Finto Prete

Claudio Boldi

Claudio Boldi

La guardia

Corrado Monteforte

Minozzi

Dino Cassio

Dino Cassio

guardia

Larry Dolgin

Larry Dolgin

Parson Robert Jr.

Francesco Salvi

Francesco Salvi

carcerato (voce fuori campo)

Omero Capanna

Omero Capanna

uomo che cade dalla finestra

Clemente Ukmar

Clemente Ukmar

(uncredited)

Ettore Martini

Ettore Martini

(uncredited)

Luciano Foti

Luciano Foti

(uncredited)

Antonio Spinnato

Antonio Spinnato

(uncredited)

Marcello Magnelli

Marcello Magnelli

(uncredited)

Armando Tortorici

Armando Tortorici

(uncredited)

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