A cavallo della tigre (1961 film)
"A cavallo della tigre" redirects here. For the 2002 remake by Carlo Mazzacurati, see A cavallo della tigre (2002 film).
| A cavallo della tigre | |
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| Directed by | Luigi Comencini |
| Produced by | Alfredo Bini |
| Written by |
Luigi Comencini Age & Scarpelli Mario Monicelli |
| Starring |
Nino Manfredi Mario Adorf Valeria Moriconi Gian Maria Volonté |
| Music by |
Piero Umiliani Boris Vian |
| Distributed by | Titanus Film |
Release dates |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
A cavallo della tigre is an Italian film written and directed by Luigi Comencini in 1961. It was released as Jailbreak in the UK and On the Tiger's Back in the U.S. In 2002 the film was remade. Giuseppe Mazzacurati directed and Fabrizio Bentivoglio starred in the new version.[1]
Cast
- Nino Manfredi as Giacinto Rossi
- Mario Adorf as Tagliabue
- Valeria Moriconi as Ileana Rossi
- Gian Maria Volonté as Papaleo
- Raymond Bussières as Il Sorcio
- Luciana Buzzanca as Olga
- Ferruccio De Ceresa as Coppola
- Vincenzo Fortunati
- Ferdinando Gerra
- Franco Giacobini as prison's doctor
- Franco Morici
- Serge Reggiani
- Irina Brigenti
References
- ↑ William Hope. Italian cinema: new directions. Peter Lang, 2005.