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The Swindle

Broderick Crawford

Giulietta Masina

Richard Basehart

Franco Fabrizi

Sue Ellen Blake

Irene Cefaro

Alberto De Amicis

Lorella De Luca

Giacomo Gabrielli

Riccardo Garrone

Paul Grenter

Emilio Manfredi

Lucetta Muratori

Mario Passante

Sara Simoni

Xenia Valderi

Mara Werlen

Maria Zanoli

Ettore Bevilacqua

Gino Buzzanca

Grazia Carini

Gianna Cobelli

Ada Colangeli

Tiziano Cortini

Gustavo De Nardo

Gianni Di Segni

Rosanna Fabrizi

Yami Kamadeva

Tullio Tomadoni

Amedeo Trilli

Barbara Varenna

Federico Fellini

Ezio Rodi

Goffredo Lombardo

Nada delle Piane

Nino Rota

Roberto Gerardi

Dario Cecchi

Massimiliano Capriccioli

G.B. Poletto

Fiamma Rocchetti

Tullio Pinelli

Dominique Delouche

Giuseppe Colizzi

Franco Ferrara

Narciso Vicario

Arturo Zavattini

Paolo Nuzzi

Ennio Flaiano

Moraldo Rossi

Manolo Bolognini

Eligio Trani

Giovanni Rossi

Otello Martelli

Giuseppe Vari

Mario Serandrei

Antonio Negri

Silvio Clementelli

Charles Delac

Mario Derecchi

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I had no idea, until recently, that Broderick Crawford had ever done this film and he's really quite good. He ("Augusto") leads a trio of grifters who take the low hanging fruit. They have no scruples about robbing the vulnerable, ordinary folks - and are quite imaginative when it comes to their scams. Set against a backdrop of a still recovering post-war Italy, there is an effective cynicism about the way the plot and the characters develop. Crawford works well with sidekick Richard Basehart's "Carlo" but his is the stand out role. The rest of the film does run a little to typical crime-noir stereotype, but the photography that marries the bleak with the beautiful, and a superb score from the always reliable Nino Rota give this more of a grandeur. I wasn't mad on the ending - it was just too easy, too predictable and somehow underwhelmed Crawford's otherwise really quite nuanced performance. It tugs well at our heart-strings at times whilst offering a soupçon of humour and is a film that demonstrated a talent in the star I wasn't expecting.

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Broderick Crawford

Giulietta Masina

Richard Basehart

Franco Fabrizi

Sue Ellen Blake

Irene Cefaro

Alberto De Amicis

Lorella De Luca

Giacomo Gabrielli

Riccardo Garrone

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