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| Directed by | Steno Mario Monicelli |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti Dino De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Vitaliano Brancati Ennio Flaiano Aldo Fabrizi Mario Monicelli Ruggero Maccari Steno |
| Starring | Totò Aldo Fabrizi Ave Ninchi Rossana Podestà |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
| Cinematography | Mario Bava |
| Editing by | Adriana Novelli |
| Release date(s) | 21 October 1951 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cops and Robbers (Italian: Guardie e ladri) is a 1951 Italian cult comedy film directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli. It stars a famous comedian Totó, and it was cinematographied by future film director Mario Bava. Its style is close to Italian neorealism. It had troubles with censorship because its view of clumsy police and smart thieves, but it was a great success. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[1]
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In post World War II Rome, the United States is helping Italy rebuild with the implementation of the Marshall Plan. A thief, Ferdinando Esposito (Totò), makes the life of a policeman, Brigadiere Bottoni (Aldo Fabrizi), difficult. The cop must chase the thief if he wants to keep his job. But this is complicated by the fact that both of their families have now become intimate friends.
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