''Prickly Pears'' ( it, Fico d'India) is a 1981
Italian
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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 ...
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Plot
Lorenzo Millozzi is the mayor of a small town. One night, coming home, he surprises the notorious playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his wife: furious, he threatens the two with a gun, so as to cause a heart attack in Buccilli, who is forced to a total rest, and then to remain at the mayor's house...
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 ...
: Lorenzo Millozzi
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Aldo Maccione
Aldo Maccione (born 27 November 1935) is an Italian film actor and singer who is a member of the Italian comedy rock band Brutos. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1964. He was born in Turin, Italy.
Filmography
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: Arrigo "Ghigo" Buccilli
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Gloria Guida
Gloria Guida (; born 19 November 1952) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for starring in commedia erotica all'italiana, particularly the ''La liceale'' series, and also in erotic coming-of-age-drama films in the mid-1970s.
Li ...
: Lia Millozzi
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Diego Abatantuono
Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento.
Biography and career
Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother from Como. T ...
: "Belve" Chief
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Gianfranco Barra
Gianfranco Barra (born 5 April 1940) is an Italian film, television and stage actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films. Born in Rome, Barra studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in his hometown. First active on stage, he ...
: Commissioner
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Daniele Formica
Daniele Formica (10 June 1949 – 1 February 2011) was an Irish-born Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and television personality.
Formica was best known for portraying comical characters in various Italian comedy films in ...
: Lanzarotti
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Luca Sportelli
Luca Sportelli (11 March 1927 - 29 August 1999) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than one hundred films from 1964 to 1991.
Selected filmography
References
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1927 births
1999 deaths
Italian male film actors< ...
: Don Eusebio
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Néstor Garay
Nestor is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek mythology it comes from that of Nestor, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. The Greek derivation is from a combination of "νέομαι" eomai- "go back", and "νόστος" ostos- ...
: The Doctor (brother of Lorenzo)
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Licinia Lentini
Licinia Lentini (born 4 March 1959) is an Italian actress and television personality. She was sometimes credited as Lilian Lacy and Licia Lee Lyon.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Lentini achieved a wide popularity in 1980 as a showgirl in the R ...
: Wife of Cicognelli
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Daniele Vargas
Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 7 January 1981) was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniel ...
: The President
See also
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List of Italian films of 1981
A list of films produced in Italy in 1981 (see 1981 in film):
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External linksItalian films of 1981at the Internet Movie Database
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1981 films
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