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Il Bidone Details

1955

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A group of con artists have their sights set firmly upon the riches of the Italian bourgeoisie, who turn out to be just as crooked as they are... Read more

Starring	Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi, Giulietta Masina
Director	Federico Fellini
Genres	Drama

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Il Bidone

A group of con artists have their sights set firmly upon the riches of the Italian bourgeoisie, who turn out to be just as crooked as they are...

Starring	Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi, Giulietta Masina
Director	Federico Fellini
Studio	WATERFALL HOME ENTERTAINMENT LTD
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1955 To Rent: DVD: 22 Mar 2004

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- A pair of provincial con-men (Crawford and Basehart) pose as priests to swindle ignorant peasant farmers, but what... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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- - 7
  - 1
  Under-rated gangster movie from Fellini
  
  'Il Bidone' ('The Swindle') is the second in Fellini's so-called trilogy of loneliness ('La Strada' and 'Le Notti di Cabiria'... read more »
  
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  - Kilmarnock
  - 02 Apr 2005 at 13:41
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- - 0
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  I am only sorry I didn't see it earlier, what a masterpiece!
  
  I only rented this by chance, and I'm glad I did. I think it's a real shame that most of us miss out on such great pictures just because they're ... read more »
  
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- - sherriffflood
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  - 09 Apr 2010 at 14:23
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  good cocktails
  
  Earlyish Fellini with many of the later tropes evident - great crowd scenes. At one point the protagonist drinks a Negroni ( equal parts Gin, Red vermouth, and ... read more »
  
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- - MrSpaull
  - 3 reviews
  - Ashington
  - 23 Mar 2010 at 19:54
- - 1
  - 0
  A film of contrasts
  
  A last burst of neo-realism from Fellini, as he takes us into the superficifiaity of the slick urban criminal world and out across the poverty-stricken expanses... read more »
  
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- - Savage
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  - London, England
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 11:26
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