Big Deal 1958  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street
Director: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto, Rosanna Rory, Carla Gravina, Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroianni, Carlo Pisacane, Tiberio Murgia, Gina Rovere, Renato Terra
This film makes use of the neorealistic style and provides good satire of the "bank heist" genre. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, the plot involves amateur crooks who try to rob a pawnshop. A 1987 sequel, "Big Deal After 20 Years," picks up the story 20 years later.
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Big Deal After 20 Years 1987  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street: 20 Years Later
Director: Amanzio Todini
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Tiberio Murgia, Francesco De Rosa, Giorgio Gobbi, Clelia Rondinella, Gina Rovere, Alessandra Panelli, Alessandro Gassman, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
In this sequel to the 1958 film, Tiberio (Marcello Mastroianni) is now released from prison but is unable to find work, so he reluctantly teams up again with Peppe (Vittorio Gassman) and aids him in a smuggling job.
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Hercules 1957 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Pietro Francisci
Cast: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Mimmo Palmara, Lidia Alfonsi, Gina Rovere, Gabriele Antonini
This Italian-made film started a series of he-man fantasies when it was brought to the U.S. and, through good marketing, was a hit. Former Mr. Universe Steve Reeves plays Hercules of mythology in the retelling of "Jason and the Golden Fleece." The superhero Hercules must succeed in a series of difficult quests in order to win the fair (and scantily clad) maiden, Iole (Sylva Koscina).
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| 1. Big Deal (1958)
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street
2. Big Deal After 20 Years (1987)
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street: 20 Years Later
3. Hercules (1957)
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