The Swindle
DramaCrime
7.3/10
|IT
|it
|113 min
Release Date: 1955-10-07
Overview - Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
Production Companies
TitanusSociété Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
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 abou...
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