Overview
Sasà Jovine (Nino Manfredi) is a self-styled lawyer involved in petty businesses with Neapolitan mobsters (camorristi). When one of his clients, don Michele Miletti (Paolo Stoppa) offers him a huge bribe (mazzetta) to search for his daughter who disappeared mysteriously taking with her some hot documents, Sasà finds himself trapped into a spiral of homicides.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Naples
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Music
Music by Pino Daniele
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Luigi Kuveiller
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Dino MaiuriScreenplay
- Elvio PortaScreenplay
- Attilio VeraldiWriter
- Luciano De CrescenzoScreenplay
- Massimo De RitaScreenplay
- Original title
- La mazzetta
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 17, 1978
- Original language
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
Production
Cast
Nino ManfrediSasà Iovine
Paolo StoppaDon Michele Miletti- Marisa LauritoLuisella
- Gennaro Di NapoliNicola Casali
Imma PiroGiulia Miletti
Marisa MerliniElena Miletti
Sal Borgese
Ugo TognazziIl Commissario Assenza
Pietro De VicoGuardiano posteggio auto
Giacomo Furia- Lilly FuriaSignora Catelli
- Adelaida Moretti
- Gennarino Palumbo
Benito StefanelliImprota
Nino VingelliCatelli
Max TurilliPrete
Salvatore BillaCliente del bar- Enzo Vitale
Natale TulliPappalardo- Giovanni BorgesePasquale
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