Memmo Carotenuto ends up in jail for attempted car theft where he learns of a plan that should work to rob the safe of a pawn shop. Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori,
Carlo Pisacane and Tiberio Murgia form an impromptu group attempting to find a scapegoat to take Carotenuto's place in jail. When that plan fails, they decide to do the job themselves. The problem is that they are terrible at it.
I find this film to be consistently amusing while also being rarely laugh-out-loud funny. When it is funny, it's very funny. It's ;ight mocking of the "Asphalt Jungle"/"Rififi" heist movie model virtually invented the modern heist comedy.
Italian comedy legend Toto shows up for a cameo as a safe-cracking expert and Claudia Cardinale has her film debut as Murgia's sister.
I find this film to be consistently amusing while also being rarely laugh-out-loud funny. When it is funny, it's very funny. It's ;ight mocking of the "Asphalt Jungle"/"Rififi" heist movie model virtually invented the modern heist comedy.
Italian comedy legend Toto shows up for a cameo as a safe-cracking expert and Claudia Cardinale has her film debut as Murgia's sister.