On the Tiger's Back
| On the Tiger's Back | |
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| Directed by | Luigi Comencini |
| Screenplay by | Luigi Comencini Mario Monicelli |
| Based on | based on the story by Age & Scarpelli |
| Produced by | Alfredo Bini |
| Starring | Nino Manfredi Mario Adorf Valeria Moriconi Gian Maria Volonté |
| Music by | Piero Umiliani Boris Vian |
| Distributed by | Titanus Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
A cavallo della tigre is an Italian film written and directed by Luigi Comencini in 1961. It was released as Jailbreak in the United Kingdom and On the Tiger's Back in the United States In 2002 the film was remade. directed and Fabrizio Bentivoglio starred in the new version.[1]
Cast[]
- Nino Manfredi as Giacinto Rossi
- Mario Adorf as Tagliabue
- Valeria Moriconi as Ileana Rossi
- Gian Maria Volonté as Papaleo
- Raymond Bussières as Il Sorcio
- as Olga
- Ferruccio De Ceresa as Coppola
- Franco Giacobini as prison's doctor
- Serge Reggiani
References[]
- ^ William Hope. Italian cinema: new directions. Peter Lang, 2005.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1961 films
- Italian-language films
- 1961 comedy films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films directed by Luigi Comencini
- Films scored by Piero Umiliani
- Italian films
- Italian prison films
- Titanus films
- Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
- Italian comedy films
- 1960s Italian comedy film stubs