''Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici'' (''Against Each Other, Practically Friends'') is a 1981
Italian
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comedy film
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directed by
Bruno Corbucci
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The vast majority o ...
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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 Franco Colombo
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Tomas Milian
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as Quinto Cecioni aka "Er Monnezza"
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Anna Maria Rizzoli
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Rizzoli started her career as glamour model and in the second half of the 1970s entered the cinema industry, becoming a star of the commedia sexy all'italiana. She also wo ...
as Silvana Cecioni
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Bombolo
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Life and career
Born in Rome into a humble family, a former peddler of dishes, Lechner was discovered in a tavern by Franco ...
as Capoccione
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Caterina Boratto
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Life and career
Born in Turin, Boratto studied at the Musical Lyceum in her hometown with the purpose of bec ...
as Miss Colombo, mother of Franco
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Riccardo Billi
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He appeared in around 85 films between 1938 a ...
as Grandpa Domenico
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Alfredo Rizzo
Alfredo Rizzo (2 January 1902 – 6 September 1991) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and director.
Life and career
Born in Nice, France into a family of actors, Rizzo started his career as an actor of avanspettacolo and revue, often alongs ...
as Lawyer Randolfi
* Alessandra Cardini as Miss Cecioni
* Leo Gavero as Minister
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Elisa Mainardi
Elisa Mainardi (27 July 1930 – 8 May 2016) was an Italian stage, film, and television actress.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Mainardi studied at the acting school of Peter Sharoff, and debuted on stage in 1956, in Ottavio Spadaro's ''Corruzi ...
as Madama di Tebe
*Sergio Di Pinto as Paccotto
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Andrea Aureli
Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...
as Giacinto
*Francesco Anniballi as Sor Gigi
*Tony Scarf as Charly Broonson
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Ennio Antonelli
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Early life and ordination
Born in Todi, he first attended seminary there, and then in Assis ...
as Cicerchia
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):
References Footnotes
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External linksItalian films of 1981at the Internet Movie Database
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1981
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1981 films
1981 comedy films
Films directed by Bruno Corbucci
Films set in Rome
Italian comedy films
Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Films shot in Rome
Films set in Lombardy
1980s Italian films
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