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Prickly Pears(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-10-09
53%
42 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
Overview:
Lorenzo is the mayor of a small town. One evening, returning home, surprised the well-known playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his beautiful wife. Enraged, he threatens the two with a gun, and Buccilli is the victim of a heart attack: the man survives but, forced to total rest, remains at the mayor's house. The result is an endless series of gags and misunderstandings, due to the stratagems devised by Lorenzo to avoid that the situation becomes the subject of gossip by fellow citizens ...
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Intercontinental Film Company
Movie: Prickly Pears
Top 10 Billed Cast
Renato Pozzetto
Dott.Lorenzo Millozzi
Aldo Maccione
Arrigo "Ghigo" Buccilli
Gloria Guida
Lia Millozzi
Diego Abatantuono
Capo delle "Belve"
Gianfranco Barra
Commissario di Polizia
Daniele Formica
Lanzarotti
Roberto Della Casa
portiere
Néstor Garay
fratello di Lorenzo
Dario Ghirardi
barista
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Overview
Lorenzo is the mayor of a small town. One evening, returning home, surprised the well-known playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his beautiful wife. Enraged, he threatens the two with a gun, and Buccilli is the victim of a heart attack: the man survives but, forced to total rest, remains at the mayor's house. The result is an endless series of gags and misunderstandings, due to the stratagems devised by Lorenzo to avoid that the situation becomes the subject of gossip by fellow citizens ...
Release Date
1980-10-09
Average
5.3
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
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Languages:
Italiano
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