''Squadra antimafia'', internationally released as ''Little Italy'', is a 1978
Italian
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poliziottesco
Poliziotteschi (; singular ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ' ...
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comedy film
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directed by
Bruno Corbucci
Bruno Corbucci (23 October 1931 – 7 September 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci, and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died.
The vast majority o ...
. It is the fourth chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series starred by
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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Cast
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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 ...
as Nico Giraldi
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Enzo Cannavale
Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including ''Cinema Paradiso'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academ ...
as Salvatore Esposito
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Eli Wallach
Eli Herschel Wallach (; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. From his 1945 Broadway debut to his last film appearance, Wallach's entertainment career spanned 65 years. Origina ...
as Don Girolamo Giarra
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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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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 ...
as Maria Sole Giarra
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Massimo Vanni
Massimo Vanni (born 8 July 1946) is an Italian film and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Vanni started his career as a stuntman, and had his first roles of weight playing tough guys in several poliziotteschi films directed by his ...
as Brigadiere Gargiulo
* John P. Dulaney as Ballarin
* Tomas Milian, Jr. as Francesco
See also
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List of Italian films of 1978
A list of films produced in Italy in 1978 (see 1978 in film):
See also
*1978 in Italian television
References Footnotes
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External linksItalian films of 1978at the Internet Movie Database
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1978 films
Films directed by Bruno Corbucci
Italian crime comedy films
Poliziotteschi films
Films set in Rome
Films set in the United States
Films scored by Goblin (band)
1970s crime comedy films
1970s Italian-language films
1970s Italian films
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