The Scopone Game

The Scopone Game

1972•1h 53m•7.3/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(149)

An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia.

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Production

Produzioni De Laurentiis - International Manufacturing Company

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Peppino

Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Antonia

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

George

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

'A vecchia

Mario Carotenuto

Mario Carotenuto

Il Professore

Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno

Righetto

Antonella Di Maggio

Cleopatra

Daniele Dublino

Don Roberto, il parroco

Luciana Lehar

Jolanda, sorella di Peppino

Franca Scagnetti

Franca Scagnetti

Pasqualina, la cuoca

Guido Cerniglia

Guido Cerniglia

il medico personale della vecchia

Piero Morgia

Piero Morgia

sfruttatore di Jolanda

Dalila Di Lazzaro

Dalila Di Lazzaro

infermiera

Ennio Antonelli

Ennio Antonelli

Zio Osvaldo, impresario pompe funebri

Giacomo De Michelis

borgataro

Giselda Castrini

Giselda Castrini

collega di Jolanda

Marco Tulli

Marco Tulli

impresario pompe funebri di lusso

Luigi Antonio Guerra

Luigi Antonio Guerra

Fabio Garriba

Fabio Garriba

Luciano Martana

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