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On the Tiger's Back (1961)
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Drama, Comedy · 1h 45m
Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
Cast
Nino Manfredi
Mario Adorf
Valeria Moriconi
Gian Maria Volonté
Raymond Bussières
Ferruccio De Ceresa
Franco Giacobini
Crew
- Director
- Luigi Comencini
- Screenplay
- Mario Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Luigi Comencini
- Director of Photography
- Aldo Scavarda
- Original Music Composer
- Piero Umiliani
- Editor
- Nino Baragli
- Producer
- Alfredo Bini
Details
- Original title
- A cavallo della tigre
- Release date
- 1961-12-20
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Titanus, Film 5