Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
I soliti ignoti
The Story of a Perfect Crime ... Perfectly Hilarious!
106 min
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 experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
- Release date
- July 25, 1958
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Music
- Piero Umiliani
Where to watch
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Criterion Channel
Trailer
Soundtrack
Original scoreI Soliti Ignoti1958 · 4 tracks- Blues For Gassman: Parte Iinstrumental3:20
- Blues For Gassman: Parte IIinstrumental2:10
- Tema D'Amoreinstrumental2:00
- Finaleinstrumental2:10
Cast
- Vittorio Gassman as Giuseppe 'Peppe er Pantera' Baiocchi
- Renato Salvatori as Mario Angeletti
- Memmo Carotenuto as Cosimo Proietti
- Rossana Rory as Norma
- Carla Gravina as Nicoletta
- Claudia Cardinale as Carmelina Nicosia
- Marcello Mastroianni as Tiberio Braschi
- Totò as Dante Cruciani
- Carlo Pisacane as Pierluigi 'Capannelle'
- Tiberio Murgia as Michele 'Ferribotte' Nicosia
- Gina Rovere as Teresa, wife of Tiberio
- Gina Amendola as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario
- Elvira Tonelli as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario
- Elena Fabrizi as una delle tre "mamme" di Mario
- Renato Terra as Eladio
- Nino Marchetti as Luigi, l'impiegato del banco dei pegni
- Mario De Simone as il ricettatore
- Mario Feliciani as il commissario di polizia
- Mimmo Poli as un carcerato
- Gustavo Serena as il guardiano dell'orfanotrofio
- Edith Bruck as donna che litiga sotto il lucernario
- Gianni Di Segni as Pugile (uncredited)
Crew
- Mario Monicelli · Director
- Agenore Incrocci · Writer
- Furio Scarpelli · Writer
- Suso Cecchi D'Amico · Writer
- Mario Monicelli · Writer
- Franco Cristaldi · Producer
- Piero Umiliani · Composer
- Gianni Di Venanzo · Cinematographer
- Adriana Novelli · Editor
- Piero Gherardi · Production designer