Madigan's Millions (1968)
"Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi" (original title)

When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. treasury dept. is very interested in the $1,000,000.00 Madigan owed the government, but managed to take to Italy with him. They send agent ... See full summary »

Director:

Giorgio Gentili

Writers:

José Luis Bayonas (screenplay), José Luis Bayonas (story),

Stars:

Elsa Martinelli, Cesar Romero, Dustin Hoffman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elsa Martinelli	...	Vic Shaw
Cesar Romero	...	Mike Madigan
Dustin Hoffman	...	Jason Fister
Gustavo Rojo	...	Lt. Arco
Fernando Hilbeck	...	Burke
Riccardo Garrone	...	Matteo Cirini
Franco Fabrizi	...	Condon (as Franco Fabrizzi)
Gérard Tichy	...	J. P. Ogilvie
Jan de Milte
Umberto Raho	...	Photographer
Daniele Vargas
José María Caffarel
Rina Mascetti
Ennio Antonelli	...	Basilio
Pino Polidori	...	Meli

Storyline

When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. treasury dept. is very interested in the $1,000,000.00 Madigan owed the government, but managed to take to Italy with him. They send agent Jason Phister over to Italy to nose out the million. His criteria for the job is that no one would ever guess he's an agent of the United States government.

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Plot Keywords:

gangster | murder | internal revenue service | investigation | investigator | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

Italy Spain USA

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

30 May 1968 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Madigan's Millions

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 5,640,478 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hercules Cinematografica, LM Films, Lacy Internacional Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cesar Romero replaced George Raft, who had become ill, in the title role of Mike Madigan. None of Raft's scenes remain in the film.

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Goofs

Phister gains glasses while being dragged up the stairs to Madigan's office.

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Connections

Featured in Hollywood Remembers Dustin Hoffman (2000)

User Reviews

Young Dustin Hoffman's show

Dustin Hoffman's character Jason Fister is sent to Rome to track down the million dollars a deceased gangster named Mike Madigan (Cesar Romero) left behind.Giorgio Gentili's Madigan's Million was shot in 1966 but wasn't released until a couple years later, in 1968.Dustin Hoffman had gotten some name to himself with The Graduate so they brought this to the big screen with much less success.It is Hoffman who saves the show.He steals the show from the moment he stumbles on the screen till the moment he hops off the screen.This is totally and completely a Dustin Hoffman show.There are other actors too who aren't bad at all.There are people such as Elsa Martinelli, Gustavo Rojo, Fernando Hilbeck, Riccardo Garrone and so on.And let's not forget those few minutes in the beginning with Cesar Romero.I recommend this movie solely to Dustin Hoffman fans.Others don't be bothered.