''Delitto sull'autostrada'' (''Crime on the Highway'') is a 1982

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directed by

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. It is the ninth chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series starring

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 ...

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early 1980s. Nico Giraldi (Tomas Milian) is transformed after many other adventures, in a trucker to sneak in a band that performs raids at the expense of TIR.

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as Nico Giraldi *

Viola Valentino Virginia Minnetti (born July 1, 1949 in Canzo), best known by her stage name Viola Valentino, is an Italian singer. Biography Minnetti started her career as a singer in 1968 under the name Virginia and later began to sing with her then husband ...

as Anna Danti *

Bombolo Franco Lechner, best known as Bombolo (22 May 1931 – 21 August 1987), was an Italian character actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Rome into a humble family, a former peddler of dishes, Lechner was discovered in a tavern by Franco ...

as Venticello *

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as Angela * Paco Fabrini as Rocky Giraldi *

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as Commissioner Trentini * Tony Kendall as Tarquini *

Gabriella Giorgelli Gabriella Giorgelli (born 29 July 1941) is an Italian film and television actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1960 and 1998. Biography Early life Born in Fossola, a frazione of Carrara, Giorgelli was the daughter of a busines ...

as Bocconotti Cinzia * Giorgio Trestini as Andrea Carboni *

Adriana Russo Adriana Russo (born 4 February 1954) is an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Russo started acting at the university, then she joined the stage company "Teatro insieme Emilia Romagna". In the second half ...

as Miss Carboni *

Marina Hedman Bellis Marina Hedman, also known as Marina Frajese, Marina Lotar and Marina Lothar (born 29 September 1944 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a retired Swedish pornographic and mainstream actress. Life and career Hedman, who had been a well-known model, ...

as Woman at the confessional *

Ennio Antonelli Ennio Antonelli (born 18 November 1936) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church and retired President of the Pontifical Council for the Family. Early life and ordination Born in Todi, he first attended seminary there, and then in Assis ...

as Trainer *

Enzo Andronico Enzo Andronico (13 May 1924 – 26 September 2002) was an Italian character actor. Born as Vincenzo Andronico in Palermo, he had a prolific career between theater, cinema and television, appearing in more than 100 films. Andronico's career is ma ...

as Receiver of stolen goods *

Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...

as Mr. Mariotti

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* 1982 films Films directed by Bruno Corbucci Italian crime comedy films Poliziotteschi films Films set in Rome Films scored by Franco Micalizzi 1980s crime comedy films 1982 comedy films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{comedy-crime-film-stub

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