''I due pericoli pubblici'' (lit. ''The two public enemies'') is a 1964 black-and-white Italian comedy film directed by

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starring the comic duo

Franco and Ciccio Franco () and Ciccio () were a comic comedy duo formed by Italian actors Franco Franchi (1928–1992) and Ciccio Ingrassia (1922–2003), particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Their collaboration began in 1954 in the theater field, and e ...

Plot

Franco and Ciccio Introlia are two scammers. One day they disguise themselves as

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officers to try to collect a bribe for a conscription exemption and unwittingly unleash a nuclear aerial retaliation.

Cast

* Franco Franchi - Franco Introlia * Ciccio Ingrassia - Ciccio Introlia * Margaret Lee - Floriana *

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- Dora * Riccardo Garrone- The Baron *

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- The Wife *

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- Giorgio's Father *

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* Poldo Bendandi - The Left Handed *

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Context

The film is one of the three (following ''

I due evasi di Sing Sing ''I due evasi di Sing Sing'' (Italian for "The two escapees from Sing Sing") is a 1964 black-and-white Italian film directed by Lucio Fulci starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. The film is the first of three comedies with the duo by the same d ...

'' and '' 00-2 agenti segretissimi'') directed by the same filmmaker, released the same year and with the same two Sicilian comedians.

Reception

An Italian contemporary review describes the film as a good entertaining comedy despite obvious flaws in its plot.

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