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School of Thieves

School of Thieves

19865.71h 36m

Overview

Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.

Directed by Neri Parenti
Written by Castellano, Pipolo, Neri Parenti
Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Box Office0Revenue: $3.6M

Top Cast

Paolo Villaggio

Paolo Villaggio

Dalmazio Siraghi

Lino Banfi

Lino Banfi

Amalio Siraghi

Massimo Boldi

Massimo Boldi

Egisto Siraghi

Enrico Maria Salerno

Enrico Maria Salerno

Zio Aliprando Siraghi

Antonio Barrios

Antonio Barrios

Franco Nero

Barbara Scoppa

Barbara Scoppa

Marisa Padovan

Antonio Allocca

Antonio Allocca

Il paziente

Ennio Antonelli

Ennio Antonelli

Finto Prete

Claudio Boldi

Claudio Boldi

La guardia

C

Corrado Monteforte

Minozzi

Themes & Keywords

caper comedyineptitude

About School of Thieves

School of Thieves is a comedy film released in 1986 exploring themes of caper comedy, ineptitude. Directed by Neri Parenti, it stars Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi. Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.

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