''Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' (also known as ''Fiasco in Milan'' or ''Hold-up à la milanaise'') is a

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directed by

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. The film stars

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'' (1985).

Plot

A Milanese gangster contacts Peppe (Gassman); he has identified him and his accomplices as the perpetrators of the bungled attempt at the Madonna Street pawn shop. His offer is to reunite the same men for a daring robbery in Milan, where the local offices of football

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Totocalcio shift the weekly revenue on Sunday afternoon via a common car with just an accountant and a driver in it. The gang would have to travel north from Rome disguised among the supporters of A. S. Roma going to Milan for a football match, commit the robbery and then flee to Bologna via a souped-up car there to rejoin the returning sport fans. The Milanese seems tough and smart and his proposal sounds very inviting for the small-time crooks who all have their problems trying to lead an "honest" life, but things will go differently.

Cast

Release

''Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' opened in Rome in December 1959. It was shown in Paris in August 1962 with the title ''Hold-up la milanaise''.

References

External links

* 1959 films 1950s crime comedy films 1950s heist films 1950s Italian-language films French heist films Italian heist films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films Italian crime comedy films French crime comedy films Commedia all'italiana Titanus films Films directed by Nanni Loy Films scored by Piero Umiliani Films set in Rome Films set in Milan Italian sequel films Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli 1959 comedy films 1960s Italian films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films 1960s French films {{comedy-crime-film-stub