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Il Bidone (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Federico Fellini

Written By:
Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano

Actors:
Broderick Crawford ..... Augusto
Giulietta Masina ..... Iris
Richard Basehart ..... Picasso
Franco Fabrizi ..... Roberto
Sue Ellen Blake ..... Anna
Irene Cefaro ..... Marisa
Alberto De Amicis ..... Rinaldo
Lorella De Luca ..... Patrizia
Giacomo Gabrielli ..... Il Baron Vargas
Riccardo Garrone ..... Riccardo

Synopsis:

Swindle and The Swindlers are both English-language titles for 1955's Il Bidone, a lesser-known effort from Federico Fellini. Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, and Franco Fabrizi play a trio of con artists who victimize the Italian bourgeoisie (who are shown to be no better than the crooks). Giueletta Masina (Fellini's wife), who had previously costarred with Richard Basehart in La Strada, here plays Basehart's wife. Humphrey Bogart had been intended for the role played by Broderick Crawford; one wonders how Crawford's self-deprecating curtain speech about the hollowness of his existence would have played in Bogart's hands. Swindle was not released to the US until nine years after its completion.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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