Synopsis
Former Italian Resistance hero Natalino (Nino Manfredi) finds himself a total failure as a civilian. He becomes a mercenary when U.S. agents hire him to assassinate a neo-Nazi spy attempting to sneak his soft-drink formula to the communists. The Americans are to pay him $100,000 for the hit. His wife Elvira (Francoise Prevost) finds someone willing to do the job for half the amount. What should have been one gunman turns into five, each one chasing the other and the former Nazi for a coveted secret formula. The comedy comes full circle when the ex-Nazi is hidden in Natalino's apartment and makes love to his wife. After all assassination attempts fail, the spy confesses and kills himself.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Francoriz Productions
- Foreign production company : Rizzoli Film
- French distribution : NPF Planfilm
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriters : Leo Benvenuti, Luigi Comencini, Piero De Bernardi, Massimo Patrizi
- Director of Photography : Armando Nannuzzi
- Music Composer : Fiorenzo Carpi
- Editor : Nino Baragli
- Foreign Producer : Angelo Rizzoli
- Co-producer : Henry Deutschmeister
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Espionage
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1968
- French release : 19/11/1978
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 33588
- Visa issue date : 29/11/1978
- Approval :
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono