Operazione San Pietro (1967)

Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they ... See full summary »

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay), Adriano Bolzoni (story),

Stars:

Lando Buzzanca, Jean-Claude Brialy, Edward G. Robinson

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lando Buzzanca	...	Napoleone
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Cajella
Edward G. Robinson	...	Joe Ventura
Heinz Rühmann	...	Cardinal Erik Braun
Christine Barclay	...	Marisa
Uta Levka	...	Samantha
Pinuccio Ardia	...	The Baron
Ugo Fangareggi	...	Agonia
Dante Maggio	...	The Captain
Antonella Della Porta	...	Cesira
Wolfgang Kieling	...	Poulain
Herbert Fux	...	Targout (as Herbert Fox)
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Virgilio Gazzolo	...	Schultz - Secretary of Cardinal (as Virginio Gazzolo)
Carlo Pisacane	...	Epimeno - the sacristan

Storyline

Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help finance their new life of crime by planing to rob a statue from the Vatican. But a big-time American gangster, named Joe Ventura, hears about the heist and wants the priceless statue for himself by having his mistress, Samantha, come onto and betray the woman-hungry Cajella to give the statue away to her.

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Plot Keywords:

gangster | heist | church | cardinal the priest | prison | 

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Taglines:

Wanted! These four numb-skulls stole a $50,000,000 statue from the Vatican... and sold it for $80.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Details

Country:

France West Germany Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

29 December 1967 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Operation St. Peter's

Filming Locations:

Anzio, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ultra Film, Marianne Productions, Roxy Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One Night during the Shooting, a then unknown person uninvited entered the Hotel Room of Actress Uta Levka and crawled into her bed. When she turned on the light, she recognized this Person as Director Lucio Fulci who made obvious sexual advances to her. Levka managed to make him leave her room. During the next day, Fulci treated her very badly, often angrily yelling "Cut!" for no reason and insulting her all the time, complaining about her performance in a very offending manner. Eventually, Levka freaked out and, in front of the whole crew, loudly told him to stop his awful behavior, "just because I wouldn't let you stay with me in my bed last night". Fulci stared at her for a long moment and then continued shooting without loosing another word.

User Reviews

Lucio? Is that really you?

WAS this a comedy? This played a late night cable channel recently. I saw it just because it had Lucio's name on it.

Il Maestro manages to talk Edward G. "Rico" Robinson into making a cameo in this heist caper. I hope Robinson needed the paycheck bad enough.

Four bumbling goofballs try to steal great art in Rome. Lead by a foppish type (despite his lack of cash) they cause one mishap after another.

We have a sea captain wannabe, the 'hero', and one of the creepiest looking guys I've ever seen. Like Jay Leno with his head flattened vertically.

It's a good thing I had several beers in me when I saw this. Otherwise, it might never have been watchable.

Western Fulci fans won't dig it. It's not a horror flick. Euro fans might. He did do other genres. But was he serious here? I still can't tell.