Broderick Crawford
Augusto
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The Swindle: Directed by Federico Fellini. With Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi. A trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Federico Fellini
- 1962-10
Il bidone [il biˈdoːne] a.k.a. The Swindle is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart and Giulietta Masina.
Il Bidone/The Swindle(1955) is the middle and least known film of the Loneliness trilogy which includes La Strada(1954) and Nights of Cabiria(1957). All three of these movies reveal that the characters are naive about life around them.
Release info. The Swindle. Jump to. Edit. Release Date. Italy. September 9, 1955 (Venice Film ... Il bidone. Le gang en soutane (French) Brazil. A Trapaça; 41 more All.
Masterfully entwining the story’s human grit with elements of humor and pathos, Fellini crafts a searing portrait of a man reckoning with the consequences of his life’s choices that hits with the force of a profound moral tragedy.
- Augusto
Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
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The tragic story of a resourceful man who sublimates his entire identity to escape the fundamental shamefulness of his way of life, Il bidone (often translated as The Swindlers, though the Criterion Channel subtitles opt for The Swindle) sadly remains one of Federico Fellini's most unheralded efforts—situated as it is between the beloved La ...
