Febbre da cavallo (1976)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Steno

Writers:

Alfredo Giannetti (writer)
Massimo Patrizi (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Il mondo che ruota attorno alle corse dei cavalli ed in particolare alle scommesse è il protagonista del film; mondo rappresentato da Mandrake...

Plot Keywords:

Horse Racing | Horse | Product Placement | Stolen Money | Cult Favorite

Cast

Gigi Proietti	...	Bruno Fioretti, 'Mandrake'
Enrico Montesano	...	Armando Pellicci, 'Er Pomata'
Catherine Spaak	...	Gabriella, Mandrake's girlfriend
Mario Carotenuto	...	Avv. De Marchis
Francesco De Rosa	...	Felice
Gigi Ballista	...	Conte Dallara
Maria Teresa Albani	...	Fortune-teller
Nikki Gentile	...	Mafalda (as Nicky Gentile)
Adolfo Celi	...	Judge
Ennio Antonelli	...	Otello Rinaldi, the butcher, 'Manzotin'
Luciano Bonanni	...	Fatebenefratelli Hospital's male nurse
Aristide Caporale		(as Aristide Caporali)
Gianfranco Cardinali
Giuseppe Castellano	...	Stelvio Mazza
Fernando Cerulli	...	Carosello's director

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Primex

Movie Connections:

Followed by Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata (2002)

thanks tv!

When in the 1976 "Febbre da cavallo" exit in cinema not so much people went to see it. The status of "cult" movie starts from the various nocturnal passages in the private tv, during the '80. That's why people loves "Febbre" in this way (a little bit exaggerated). It's a personal people discover. This is not the "pinnacle" of italian comedy. It's only a little movie but funny and memorable in some of its parts. There is one thing over others: the actors are really good, better then some late italian comedies, in a time when comedy leaves for sexy italian comedy, the "commediaccia". So, no Alberto Sordi, not Tognazzi but Gigi Proietti (an excellent, hystrionic theathre actor), and Enrico Montesano, in one of his few good performance on cinema. Enjoy this movie and..."vai cor tango!"