Big Deal on Madonna Street

1958 · directed by Mario Monicelli

Rating

84/100

Hit

yes

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.

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), directed by Mario Monicelli, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Vittorio Gassman
• Renato Salvatori
• Memmo Carotenuto
• Rossana Rory
• Carla Gravina
• Claudia Cardinale
• Marcello Mastroianni
• Totò
• Carlo Pisacane
• Tiberio Murgia

Crew

• Gianni Di Venanzo — Director of Photography
• Adriana Novelli — Editor
• Piero Umiliani — Original Music Composer
• Agenore Incrocci — Screenplay
• Furio Scarpelli — Screenplay
• Mario Monicelli — Screenplay
• Suso Cecchi d'Amico — Screenplay

More from Mario Monicelli

1. The Organizer (1963) — 83/100 · hit
2. The Passionate Thief (1960) — 83/100 · hit
3. My Friends (1975) — 80/100 · hit
4. An Average Little Man (1977) — 79/100
5. The Marquis of Grillo (1981) — 78/100
6. For Love and Gold (1966) — 77/100

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