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The Swindle (1955) [NR]

Release Date:
October 7, 1955

Original Title:
Il bidone

Alternate Titles:
Csalók
De misbruikte soetaan
El cuentero
Fellinis Gauner
Il bidone. Le gang en soutane
Kolahbardar
La trampa
Le gang en soutane
Probisvet
Roms underverden
Svindlare
Taglitebi
Измамата
Мошенничество
Шахраї

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Titanus

Production Countries:
France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 6  DE: 12  FR: TP  IT: T  JP: G  NL: 12  PT: M/12  US: NR 

Runtime: 113

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

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

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Production

Administration:
Ezio Rodi

Assistant Camera:
Arturo Zavattini

Camera Operator:
Roberto Gerardi

Conductor:
Franco Ferrara

Costume Design:
Dario Cecchi

Director:
Federico Fellini

Director of Photography:
Otello Martelli

Editor:
Giuseppe Vari
Mario Serandrei

First Assistant Director:
Moraldo Rossi

Hairstylist:
Fiamma Rocchetti

Makeup Artist:
Eligio Trani

Original Music Composer:
Nino Rota

Producer:
Goffredo Lombardo
Silvio Clementelli
Charles Delac
Mario Derecchi

Production Design:
Dario Cecchi

Production Manager:
Giuseppe Colizzi

Production Secretary:
Manolo Bolognini

Production Supervisor:
Antonio Negri

Screenplay:
Tullio Pinelli
Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano

Script Supervisor:
Nada delle Piane

Second Assistant Director:
Dominique Delouche
Narciso Vicario
Paolo Nuzzi

Set Decoration:
Massimiliano Capriccioli

Sound:
Giovanni Rossi

Still Photographer:
G.B. Poletto

Story:
Tullio Pinelli
Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano

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