SOME PEOPLE DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS' WELFARE!
Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
- 7.3
- 1955
- Released
- 1h 53m
Broderick Crawford
Augusto
Giulietta Masina
Iris
Richard Basehart
Carlo
Franco Fabrizi
Roberto
Sue Ellen Blake
Susanna
Irene Cefaro
MarisaAlberto De Amicis
Rinaldo
Lorella De Luca
Patrizia, Augusto's DaughterGiacomo Gabrielli
Baron Vargas
Riccardo Garrone
RiccardoPaul Grenter
Emilio Manfredi
Lucetta Muratori
Mario Passante
ConmanSara Simoni
Stella's Sister
Xenia Valderi
LucianaMara Werlen
Maggie
Maria Zanoli
Stella FlorinaEttore Bevilacqua
Swindled Man
Gino Buzzanca
Saro (uncredited)Grazia Carini
(uncredited)
Gianna Cobelli
(uncredited)
Ada Colangeli
(uncredited)Tiziano Cortini
Blond of the Movie Theater (uncredited)
Gustavo De Nardo
(uncredited)
Gianni Di Segni
Party Guest (uncredited)Rosanna Fabrizi
(uncredited)Yami Kamadeva
(uncredited)Tullio Tomadoni
(uncredited)
Amedeo Trilli
(uncredited)Barbara Varenna
(uncredited)
Released
it
- #con man
- #black and white
Reviews
I had no idea, until recently, that Broderick Crawford had ever done this film and he's really quite good. He ("Augusto") leads a trio of grifters who take the low hanging fruit. They have no scruples about robbing the vulnerable, ordinary folks - and are quite imaginative when it comes to their scams. Set against a backdrop of a still recovering post-war Italy, there is an effective cynicism abou