On the Tiger's Back
1961 Italian film
- 20 December 1961 (1961-12-20)
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A cavallo della tigre is a 1961 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volonté and Raymond Bussières. It was released as Jailbreak in the United Kingdom and On the Tiger's Back in the United States. In 2002 the film was remade. Giuseppe Mazzacurati directed and Fabrizio Bentivoglio starred in the new version.[1]
Plot
An inept thief wants to escape prison and return to his family, but two of his prison mates also want out.
Cast
- Nino Manfredi as Giacinto Rossi
- Mario Adorf as Tagliabue
- Valeria Moriconi as Ileana Rossi
- Gian Maria Volonté as Papaleo
- Raymond Bussières as Il Sorcio
- Luciana Buzzanca as Olga
- Ferruccio De Ceresa as Coppola
- Vincenzo Fortunati as Himself
- Ferdinando Gerra as Himself
- Franco Giacobini as Medico del carcere
- Franco Morici as Himself (as Franco Morici)
See also
References
- ^ William Hope. Italian cinema: new directions. Peter Lang, 2005.
External links
- A caballo del tigre at IMDb
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Films directed by Luigi Comencini
- Hey Boy (1948)
- The Emperor of Capri (1949)
- Behind Closed Shutters (1951)
- Heidi (1952)
- Girls Marked Danger (1953)
- La valigia dei sogni (1953)
- Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
- Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954)
- The Belle of Rome (1955)
- The Window to Luna Park (1957)
- Husbands in the City (1957)
- Mogli pericolose (1958)
- Le sorprese dell'amore (1959)
- And That on Monday Morning (1959)
- Everybody Go Home (1960)
- On the Tiger's Back (1961)
- The Police Commissioner (1962)
- Bebo's Girl (1963)
- Three Nights of Love (1964)
- My Wife (1964)
- Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
- Six Days a Week (1965)
- Le bambole (1965)
- Incompreso (1966)
- Italian Secret Service (1968)
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
- Senza sapere niente di lei (1969)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
- The Scientific Cardplayer (1973)
- Somewhere Beyond Love (1974)
- Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
- The Sunday Woman (1975)
- Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
- Strange Occasion (1976)
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
- The Cat (1977)
- Traffic Jam (1978)
- Eugenio (1980)
- Cercasi Gesù (1982)
- Cuore (1984)
- La Storia (1986)
- A Boy from Calabria (1987)
- La Bohème (1988)
- Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)
- Marcellino (1992)
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