''Cat and Dog'' ( it, Cane e gatto, also known as ''Thieves and Robbers'' and ''Cats and Dogs'') is a 1983 Italian
crime comedy film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Bruno Corbucci.
Plot
A playboy (Tomas Milian) who makes a living out of seducing women and stealing their jewellery accidentally ends up witnessing a Mafia murder. He must work together with the man who has been constantly trying to catch him, Lt. Alan Parker (Bud Spencer), in order to save his life.
Cast
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Bud Spencer
Carlo Pedersoli (31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016), known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partn ...
: Lt. Alan Parker
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Tomas Milian
Tomas Milian (born Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa; 3 March 1933 – 22 March 2017) was a Cuban-born actor and singer with American and Italian citizenship, known for the emotional intensity and ...
: Tony Roma (alias Antonio Rosario Archibald Pipino)
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Margherita Fumero
Margherita Fumero (born 16 October 1947) is an Italian actress and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Turin, Fumero became first known as a member of the stage company of Erminio Macario. She achieved a large popularity as the fictional wife o ...
: Deborah Smith
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Marc Lawrence: Salvatore Licuti
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Darcy Schean: Marianne
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Billy Garrigues: Sgt. Haig
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Raymond Forchion
Raymond Forchion is an American actor, writer, producer, and director who has appeared in film, television and stage. Aside from several pilots and TV movies, he has co-starred on such series as ''Burn Notice'', ''Numb3rs'', '' Star Trek: The Ne ...
: angry man
Release
The film premiered in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
on February 11, 1983. An Italian voice cast dubbed the English-speaking original cast.
References
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1983 films
1980s crime comedy films
1980s buddy comedy films
1980s buddy cop films
Films directed by Bruno Corbucci
Films set in the United States
Italian buddy comedy films
Italian crime comedy films
1980s police comedy films
1983 comedy films
1980s Italian films
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