Nino Manfredi
Giacinto Rossi
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Media. Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
On the Tiger's Back is a film that feels very much of its time, a comedy rooted in a mocking of the Italian national rhetoric about its economic miracle. As the politicians crow and brag, the film shows us, people are living in discarded military equipment, scraping out livings in beachside kitchens while living in one-room, temporary housing, and staging elaborate accidents in an effort to ...
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- Titanus, Film 5
- Luigi Comencini
Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
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- Luigi Comencini
Oct 5, 2023 · A cavallo della tigre (1961) Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée’s lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring ...
Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
- Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi
- Luigi Comencini
- December 20, 1961
A cavallo della tigre is a 1961 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volonté and Raymond Bussières. It was released as Jailbreak in the United Kingdom and On the Tiger's Back in the United States. In 2002 the film was remade. Giuseppe Mazzacurati directed and Fabrizio Bentivoglio starred in the ...
All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors. On the Tiger's Back is a film directed by Luigi Comencini with Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volonté .... Year: 1961. Original title: A cavallo della tigre.
