''The Tough Guy'' ( el, Ο σκληρός άνδρας, italic=yes) is a 1961

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comedy film produced by

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s and was directed by

Giannis Dalianidis Giannis Dalianidis ( el, Γιάννης Δαλιανίδης; 31 December 1923 – 16 October 2010) was a Greek film director. His first film was ''Mousitsa'', released in 1959, which was followed by a series of musicals. Between 1974 and 1981, ...

and starred

Kostas Hatzichristos Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos ( el, Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος; 1921 – October 3, 2001) was a Greek actor. Biography He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a large family of thirteen members, he was the eleventh chil ...

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Martha Karagianni Martha Karagianni ( el, Μάρθα Καραγιάννη; 6 November 1939 – 18 September 2022) was a Greek film actress. She was born in Athens, but raised in Keratsini. She was one of the most popular Greek actresses of the 1960s. She starred ...

and Kostas Voutsas. It is a cinematographic representation of the play by

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. In its first week of screening in

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and

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, the movie sold 38,764 tickets placing it 14th in the 68 Greek films in 1961–62.

Cast

..... ''Iraklis Leontopoulos'' *

..... ''Aleka Palli'' *

..... ''Foula Davari'' * Kostas Voutsas ..... ''Patatas'' *

Joly Garbi Joly Garbi ( el, Τζόλυ Γαρμπή, 1913 – 9 December 2002) was a Greek actress. She was the wife of the actor Thodoros Moridis for 60 years. They had no descendants. In their late years they lived isolated from the public eye in their ...

..... ''Andromachi'' * Vangelis Protopapas ..... ''Kalogirou'' * Takis Hristoforidis ..... ''police officer'' *

Kostas Papachristos Kostas Papachristos ( el, Κώστας Παπαχρήστος; 1916 – 29 September 1995) was a Greek actor who was known for his comedic acting roles. Biography He was born in Volos in 1916 and died in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, ...

..... ''Mistos Davaris'' *

Sperantza Vrana Sperantza Vrana ( el, Σπεράντζα Βρανά; 6 February 1928 – 29 September 2009) was a Greek actress and writer. She was born as Elpida Homatianou (''Ελπίδα Χωματιανού'') in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or ...

..... ''Loula'' *Margarita Athanasiou ...... ''Marika'' *Kostas Naos ..... ''Berketis'' *Giorgos Tsitsopoulos ..... ''Takis'' *

Nassos Kedrakas Athanasios (Nassos) Kedrakas ( el, Νάσος Κεδράκας; November 21, 1915 – August 25, 1981) was a Greek actor. Biography Kedrakas studied at the National Theatre School, where he enrolled into law school at the University of Athens ...

..... ''Thanasis'' * Stavros Paravas ..... ''police officer'' *Golfo Bini ..... ''maid''

External links

* 1961 films Greek comedy films 1960s Greek-language films 1961 comedy films Finos Film films Films directed by Giannis Dalianidis {{1960s-comedy-film-stub