Big Deal on Madonna Street

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Big Deal on Madonna Street
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Produced by Franco Cristaldi
Written by Furio Scarpelli
Renato Salvatori
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Starring Vittorio Gassman
Totò
Claudia Cardinale
Marcello Mastroianni
Release date(s) Italy June 30, 1958
USA November 22, 1960
Running time 111 min
Language Italian
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Big Deal on Madonna Street is a 1958 Italian crime film, directed by Mario Monicelli. The original Italian title is I soliti ignoti, which means "the usual unknown perpetrators". The film is a comedy about a group of small-time thieves and ne'er-do-wells who attempt to burgle a state-run pawn shop called Monte di Pieta'. It stars Marcello Mastroianni and Vittorio Gassman, both of whose careers were helped considerably by the success of the film, along with Claudia Cardinale and Totò.


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