A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and set out to free him from a fortress-like prison.
Marc Lawrence
Jack Menotti
Giovanna Pala
Amelia
Lamberto Maggiorani
galeotto
Terence Hill
Giannini
Gaetano Pessina
Andrea
Luciano Caruso
Mario
Dina Perbellini
Anna Arena
Bianca Doria
Silvio Bagolini
Vacation with a Gangster is a adventure film released in 1952. Directed by Dino Risi, it stars Marc Lawrence, Giovanna Pala, Lamberto Maggiorani. A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and set out to free him from a fortress-like prison.
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