by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
In this comedy ( which many critics speculate was the inspiration behind Mel Brooks' classic The Producers), Italian Mafiosos devise a clever write-off scheme: they will produce a horrible sure-fire failure of a television show and claim it as a lucrative tax loss.
characteristics
- Cons And Scams
- Success
- Scheme
- Scam
- Money
- Swindle
- Taxation
- TV
- Television
- Taxes
- Mob
- Yakuza
- Gang
- Con-game
- Con-artist