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Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italian: I soliti ignoti; released as Persons Unknown in the UK) is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Italian cinema, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film .
Big Deal on Madonna Street: Directed by Mario Monicelli. With Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto, Rossana Rory. A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Mario Monicelli
- 1958-10-02
A 1958 Italian comedy about a group of bumbling thieves who try to rob a jewelry store. Starring Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Toto and others, with a jazzy score by Piero Umiliani.
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Jun 4, 2001 · Mario Monicelli’s Big Deal on Madonna Street is that genuine rarity in popular culture: a satire that not only helped kill off one movie genre, but started a whole new subgenre in the process.
Big Deal On Madonna Street (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Hands Off The Baby Food! Bumbling crooks Ferribotte, Capanelle and Mario (Tiberio Murgia, Carlo Pisacane, Renato Salvatori) pay a visit to photographer pal Tiberio (Marcello Mastroianni), about their jailed pal who needs a stand-in, early in Mario Monicelli's Big Deal On Madonna Street, 1958.
- Mario Monicelli
- Vittorio Gassman
Caught red-handed for a crime he swears he didn't commit, hopeful criminal mastermind and--for now--small-time thief Cosimo entrusts square-jawed boxer Peppe with the plan for a seemingly fail-proof pawnshop heist on quiet Madonna Street.
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any ...
