SWINDLE, THE (1955)
[IL BIDONE]
Blustery ("I could sell ice to Eskimos") aging con man Augusto (Broderick Crawford) and his gang of small-time crooks spend their time ripping off hicks in the sticks and little old ladies, but between Augusto's uneasy reunion with his estranged daughter and being made to feel small at a big-shot criminal's glitzy New Year's Eve party, the sense that they may be shortchanging themselves begins to set in. Crawford's performance is memorably poignant, and Giulietta Masina cameos as Iris, the wife of Richard Basehart's gangster/wannabe painter Carlo, nicknamed "Picasso." DIR/SCR Federico Fellini; SCR Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli; PROD Mario Derecchi. Italy, 1955, b&w, 109 min. In English, Latin and Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 109 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, February 17, 2023
Genre: Comedy-drama