''Piedipiatti'' (, also known as ''Cops'') is a 1991 Italian
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Carlo Vanzina
Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina.
In English-speaki ...
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Plot
Italian cops investigate a drug traffic ring between Italy and Colombia. They have to find out who is the mysterious Italian criminal called “the American” who is making a deal with overseas organized crime.
Cast
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Renato Pozzetto
Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer.
Biography
Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the town of Gemonio (in the Province of Varese). After graduation, he made ...
as Silvio Camurati
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Enrico Montesano
Enrico Montesano (born 7 June 1945) is an Italian actor and showman.
Career
Montesano comes from a family involved in theatre, and he made his debut in 1966 in a show named ''Humor nero'', alongside of Vittorio Metz. Later he became a very ...
as Vasco Sacchetti
*Anna Benny as Maria Grazia
*Antonio Ballerio as Aldo Rotelli
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Victor Cavallo
Victor Cavallo (birth name Vittorio Vitolo, 8 May 1947 in Rome – 21 January 2000 in Rome) was an Italian actor and underground writer.
He started his acting career on stage in 1974, in cinema worked for directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci a ...
as Sergio Proietti
*Francesco De Rosa as Tarallo
*Angelo Bernabucci as Angelo Bertoli
*Norman Sanny as Carlos
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Pino Ammendola
Giuseppe "Pino" Ammendola (born 2 December 1951) is an Italian actor, voice actor, film director and playwright. He has appeared in films since 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' Operazione San Gennaro '' (1966)
* ''Caligula'' (1979)
* ''Camorra ...
as Chief Inspector
*Mirella Falco as Signora Motta
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Roberto Della Casa
Roberto Della Casa (born 14 October 1942) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1970.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1942 births
Living people
Italian male film actors
Male actors from R ...
as Questore of Milan
*Giorgio Trestini as Armando Mainardi
*Terry Schiavo as Laura
References
External links
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''Piedipiatti''at
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.
It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward.
History
Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ...
1991 films
Films directed by Carlo Vanzina
1990s Italian-language films
1991 comedy films
Italian comedy films
1990s Italian films
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