''The Tired Outlaw'' (Italian: ''Il bandolero stanco'') is a 1952 Italian

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directed by

Fernando Cerchio Fernando Cerchio (7 August 1914 – 19 August 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 films between 1940 and 1972. Selected filmography * '' Men of the Mountain'' (1943) * ''Mistress of the Mountains'' ...

and starring

Renato Rascel Renato Rascel (), stage name of Renato Ranucci (; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the s ...

Lauretta Masiero Lauretta Masiero (25 October 1927 – 23 March 2010) was an Italian actress and singer. Biography Dancing career Venetian born Lauretta Masiero debuted in the theater of varieties as a dancer with Wanda Osiris. In 1945 she debuted with Macar ...

and

Lia Di Leo Lia Anna Di Leo (22 July 1923 – 15 December 2006) was an Italian actress and model. She entered the 1951 Miss Italy contest and then began acting in films, generally playing glamorous supporting roles. Di Leo's parents died while she was very ...

.Curti p.77 The film's sets were designed by the

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Gianni Polidori Gianni Polidori (1923–1992) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for several films by Michelangelo Antonioni.Chatman p.266-67 Selected filmography * '' Bellissima'' (1951) * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) * ''The Overcoat'' (1952 ...

Synopsis

In order to win over the woman he loves, the impoverished Pepito heads to become a gold speculator. Unexpectedly he becomes the richest man in town but also makes several enemies, as well as meeting the sympathetic

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Susana. When Carmen arrives to marry him, he discovers that she is league with the corrupt

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Cast

as Pepito *

as Susana * Franco Jamonte as Fred *

Tino Buazzelli Agostino "Tino" Buazzelli (13 September 1922 – 20 October 1980) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1948 and 1978. After a diploma of education, Buazzelli enrolled the Accademia d'Arte Dramma ...

as Paco *

as Carmen *

Gigi Bonos Luigi Bonos (1910–2000) was an Italian comedian and stage, television and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1945 and 1992. Born in Berlin, Germany, the son of two Hungarian circus artists, along with his brothers Vitt ...

as Priest *

Silvio Bagolini Silvio Bagolini (4 August 1914 – 26 September 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1936 and 1973. Life and career Born in Bologna, Bagolini studied architecture at the Bologna University, without gr ...

References

Bibliography

* Curti, Roberto. ''Mavericks of Italian Cinema: Eight Unorthodox Filmmakers, 1940s-2000s''. McFarland, 2018.

External links

* 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Fernando Cerchio Italian comedy films 1952 comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Italian Western (genre) films 1952 Western (genre) films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub