Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Genres - Comedy, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Caper, Crime Comedy |
Run Time - 91 min. |
Countries - Italy |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Perry Seibert
Mario Monicelli's classic crime comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti Ignoti) features Vittorio Gassman and Marcello Mastroianni as a pair of thieves who head a group of criminals in a break-in attempt. Their plan involves digging an underground tunnel from an apartment that leads to a neighboring business and drilling their way inside. In addition to each of the burglars struggling with individual personal problems, the group must reassess their plans after they find themselves not in the store, but a different room of the apartment from which they started. Big Deal on Madonna Street is a spoof of Jules Dassin's caper classic Rififi.
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burglary, criminal, jewel-robbery, small-time, tunnel, underground [below earth], street, Italy