School of Thieves

5.7
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 96 min
  • Premiere: 1986. September 25.

Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.

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Paolo Villaggio

Dalmazio Siraghi

Lino Banfi

Amalio Siraghi

Massimo Boldi

Egisto Siraghi

Enrico Maria Salerno

Zio Aliprando Siraghi

Antonio Barrios

Franco Nero

Barbara Scoppa

Marisa Padovan

Antonio Allocca

Il paziente

Ennio Antonelli

Finto Prete

Claudio Boldi

La guardia

Dino Cassio

guardia

Larry Dolgin

Parson Robert Jr.

Francesco Salvi

carcerato (voce fuori campo)

Omero Capanna

uomo che cade dalla finestra

Clemente Ukmar

(uncredited)

Ettore Martini

(uncredited)

Luciano Foti

(uncredited)

Antonio Spinnato

(uncredited)

Marcello Magnelli

(uncredited)

Armando Tortorici

(uncredited)

Rossana Canghiari

(uncredited)

Fernanda Dell'Acqua

Lady at Bank (uncredited)

Art

Virginia Vianello

Set Decoration

Massimo Iacomini

Assistant Production Design

Mario Ambrosino

Production Design

Camera

Massimo Intoppa

Assistant Camera

Maurizio Calvesi

Camera Operator

Vincenzo Savino

Still Photographer

Alessandro D'Eva

Director of Photography

Daniele Cimini

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Alfredo Marazzi

Makeup Artist

Luisa Di Fraia

Assistant Makeup Artist

Christiana Lafayette

Costume Design

Elisabetta Aversano

Assistant Costume Designer

Patrizia Corridoni

Hairstylist

Crew

Renato Agostini

Special Effects

Directing

Neri Parenti

Director

Mirella Malatesta

Script Supervisor

Marina Mattoli

First Assistant Director

Editing

Adelchi Marinangeli

Assistant Editor

Vincenzo Di Santo

Assistant Editor

Production

Bruno Altissimi

Associate Producer

Claudio Saraceni

Associate Producer

Mario Bernacchia

Production Secretary

Paolo Vandini

Line Producer

Antonio Mastronardi

Administration

Lamberto Palmieri

Unit Manager

Sound

Angelo Amatulli

Boom Operator

Bruno Zambrini

Original Music Composer

Danilo Moroni

Sound Mixer

Writing

Pipolo

Story

Franco Castellano

Screenplay

Pipolo

Screenplay

Neri Parenti

Screenplay