''The Thieves'' ( it, I ladri, es, Contrabando en Nápoles) is a 1959 Italian-Spanish criminal comedy film written and directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Totò and Giovanna Ralli.

Plot

Gangster Joe Castagneto is declared undesirable by the U.S. government and returns to

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

where, under a special surveillance, he will have to deal with the hard-working and smart Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio.

Cast

* Totò as Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio *

Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, and Mexico appearin ...

as Joe Castagnato/Inspector Mac Millan * Giovanna Ralli as Maddalena Scognamiglio, Vincenzo's wife *

Giacomo Furia Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998. Life and career Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting career ...

as Vincenzo Scognamiglio * Enzo Turco as Brigadier Lanocella *

Fred Buscaglione Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione (; 23 November 1921 – 3 February 1960) was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humoro ...

as himself *

Juan José Menéndez ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

as Alberto *

Rafael Luis Calvo Rafael Luis Calvo Muñoz (30 December 1911 – 9 December 1988) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films including ''Miracle of Marcelino'' (1955). Selected filmography * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) * '' Doña Juana'' ( ...

as Ciardella * Maria Luisa Rolando as Concetta Improta * Felix Fernandex as Dr. Ascione

Release

''The Thieves'' was released on June 27, 1959.

References

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* * * Italian crime comedy films 1950s crime comedy films Spanish crime comedy films Films directed by Lucio Fulci Films set in Naples 1950s Italian films Italian-language Spanish films 1950s Spanish films {{comedy-crime-film-stub

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