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directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.

Plot

At the end of 1900s Saturnino Cavallo leaves his family to emigrate to America, in search of fortune, but his traces were lost. In

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during the 1920s, his son Peppino Cavallo (

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), grown up, wakes up every night thinking of his father, with such insistence that he eventually decides to go look for him in America.

Cast

: Peppino Cavallo * Claudia Mori: Rosita Flores * Sybil Danning: Pamela * Lino Toffolo: Toni * José Calvo: Don Nicolone *

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: Ralph Morisco * Tommaso Bianco: Michele Cavallo *

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: wife of Michele * Giacomo Rizzo: Cashier *

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* Gigi Reder *

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References

External links

* 1973 films Italian comedy films 1973 comedy films Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in Naples Films set in the United States 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub