Big Deal on Madonna Street

About Big Deal on Madonna Street

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich.

Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street is a 1958 comedy crime film. The film is filed under boxer, tunnel, burglary, and safecracker.

Vittorio Gassman takes the lead as Peppe il pantera, Renato Salvatori as Mario Angeletti, Memmo Carotenuto as Cosimo, and Rossana Rory as Norma. At 106 minutes long, it arrived in July 1958.

The screenplay is by Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli. Produced by Vides Cinematografica. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.

The Italian Job, Panic Room, and Army of the Dead make useful companions to Big Deal on Madonna Street, all filed under heist. TMDB voters put it at 8.1 out of 10 across 812 votes.