''Crime at the Chinese Restaurant'' ( it, Delitto al ristorante cinese) is a 1981

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directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the eighth chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series; in this chapter

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plays a double role, the inspector Nico Giraldi and the Chinese Ciu Ci Ciao, a character reprised, with slight changes, from the role of Sakura that the same Milian played in the 1975 spaghetti western ''

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''.

Cast

as Nico Giraldi / Ciu Ci Ciao * Bombolo as Bombolo *

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as Vincenzo Quagliarulo * Olimpia Di Nardo as Angela * John Chen as Chan Zeng Piao * Giacomo Furia as Giudice Arducci * Massimo Vanni as Brigadier Gargiulo * Alfredo Rizzo as Il marito dell'amante di Papetti

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The film was released in

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on November 19, 1981.

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* 1981 films Films directed by Bruno Corbucci Films scored by Detto Mariano Italian crime comedy films Poliziotteschi films Films set in Rome 1980s crime comedy films 1981 comedy films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{comedy-crime-film-stub

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