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On the Tiger's Back

7.419611h 45mMovieDramaComedy

Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who…

DirectorLuigi Comencini
WritersAgenore Incrocci·Furio Scarpelli
ProducerAlfredo Bini

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Cast · Directed by Luigi Comencini

NMNino Manfredi
Nino Manfredi
Giacinto Rossi
MAMario Adorf
Mario Adorf
Tagliabue
VMValeria Moriconi
Valeria Moriconi
Ileana Rossi
GVGian Maria Volonté
Gian Maria Volonté
Papaleo
RBRaymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières
Le Sorcio
LB
Luciana Buzzanca
Olga
FCFerruccio De Ceresa
Ferruccio De Ceresa
Coppola
VF
Vincenzo Fortunati
FG
Ferdinando Gerra
FGFranco Giacobini
Franco Giacobini
Medico del carcere
FM
Franco Moruzzi

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