Nino Terzo

Nino Terzo

Born: May 22, 1923
Died: May 8, 2005
in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Nino Terzo (22 May 1923 – 8 May 2005) was an Italian actor.

Born in Palermo as Antonino Terzo, he worked intensively in the avanspettacolo and revue theater, entering the stage companies of Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, Domenico Modugno, among others. Terzo was also active as a singer, appearing in several operettas.

Terzo made his film debut in 1962, and he soon established himself as one of the most active character actors in the Italian comedy cinema, usually playing, with small variations, the character that made him famous in avanspettacolo, i.e. a man with extremely slow reflexes and a huge speech impediment, which does not allow him to speak before he loudly inhaled and exhaled. He retired in 1992 for health reasons.

Source: Article "Nino Terzo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Cinema Paradiso
Title: Cinema Paradiso
Character: Peppino's Father
Released: November 17, 1988
Type: Movie
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
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Il Bi e il Ba
Title: Il Bi e il Ba
Character: Pippo Miallo
Released: March 7, 1986
Type: Movie
A man goes to Rome because he wants a magician to solve his problem: dandruff.
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Lady Football
Title: Lady Football
Character: Bachisio
Released: September 28, 1983
Type: Movie
It is the story of the brilliant football player Cotechiño, hired by the Napoli team as a centre-forward. Too bad that his professional career will be strongly influenced by the frequent absence of his fiancée, for which he feels an inexplicable, almost obsessive jealousy. That's why he hires a plumber very similar to him to keep an eye on his beloved, but that won't be enough when Cotechiño is kidnapped.
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Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
Title: Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
Character: insegnante di ginnastica
Released: August 31, 1982
Type: Movie
Claudia, Rita, and Caterina are three friends who live in a conservative Italian town and lead seemingly neat and respectable married lives. One day, they are summoned to the notary public's office and learn that Anna, one of their peers in high school who got a bad name as a "whore" in the town because of them and was forced to leave is now dead. Furthermore, she had amassed a great fortune abroad and decided to bequeath it to the three. However, she has a strange condition: Claudia, Rita, and Caterina should cheat on their husbands within three days and provide photographic evidence or else the inheritance will be donated to the retirement home.
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Municipal Messenger Practically a Spy
Title: Municipal Messenger Practically a Spy
Character: Commissioner Cipolla
Released: June 1, 1982
Type: Movie
When Selenia arrives in the small Italian village heads start turning and eyes start popping. All males in the town are falling all over themselves trying to get a look -- or a feel -- of the new doctor.
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Che casino... con Pierino!
Title: Che casino... con Pierino!
Character: Zio Nino
Released: May 6, 1982
Type: Movie
After leaving school and failing various work experiences, Pierino decides to go to work as a helper at the bar run by his uncle Nino. He comes across different situations, sometimes involving his friend Pantera, who is able to imitate various sounds, or the girl Marisa, with whom Pierino is madly in love, until he decides to leave for a trip to Austria.
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La sai l'ultima sui matti?
Title: La sai l'ultima sui matti?
Character: paziente del manicomio
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Jokes, rough jokes and spicy adventures set in a psychiatric clinic, naturally managed by an experienced doctor.
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Pierino il fichissimo
Title: Pierino il fichissimo
Character: Maresciallo
Released: December 31, 1981
Type: Movie
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Dial 6969: Taxi for Signora
Title: Dial 6969: Taxi for Signora
Character: Il gatto
Released: June 15, 1981
Type: Movie
A taxi driver works as a freelance callboy and is passed around among the circle of acquaintances of his first customer.
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L'assistente sociale tutto pepe
Title: L'assistente sociale tutto pepe
Character: Lacrima
Released: March 18, 1981
Type: Movie
Nadia is a social worker who is trying to keep the residents of a local slum in line. Unfortunately she keeps neglecting her work and fantasizing about a life as a pop-star. When she falls for one of the residents in question, a small time crook called Bel Ami, she ends up an accomplice in a convoluted heist involving a holy Catholic relic.
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The Country Doctor
Title: The Country Doctor
Character: Giuseppe, the commissioner
Released: January 18, 1981
Type: Movie
A splendid doctor arrives in a small village: all the males compete to undergo repeated examinations in order to get to know the beautiful woman better. The mayor of the village, taking advantage of the beautiful "bait", would like to teach a lesson to the playboy Gustavo, who some time ago had caught all the husbands of the village.
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Cafè Express
Title: Cafè Express
Character: Stationmaster Zappacosta
Released: February 16, 1980
Type: Movie
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
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La vedova del Trullo
Title: La vedova del Trullo
Character: Maresciallo
Released: October 25, 1979
Type: Movie
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The Soldier with Great Maneuvers
Title: The Soldier with Great Maneuvers
Character: Male nurse
Released: December 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Doctor Eva Marini takes up a position at an army base to investigate the sexual behavior of the Italian male soldier and soon finds out she's taken on more than she bargained for.
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The Nurse on a Military Tour
Title: The Nurse on a Military Tour
Character: Caporale al deposito
Released: September 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.
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La figliastra - Storia di corna e di passioni
Title: La figliastra - Storia di corna e di passioni
Character: Fefé
Released: July 29, 1976
Type: Movie
A long time ago in Sicilia, there was a common, unwritten law that linked the hereditary rights to unequivocal demonstrations of virility. Because of that traditional law, a middle-age widower whose wife died without begetting him a child, is about to lose an inheritance of a large sum of money. The man marries again, with Nadia, an attractive woman with a daughter from her first marriage, Daniela. But time passes, and Nadia is not getting pregnant, either. Eventually, his beautiful stepdaughter will help him solve his problem.
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The Lady Medic
Title: The Lady Medic
Character: Nurse Pezzullo
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A man is desperately trying to avoid mandated military service, but a sexy medic proves to be his undoing.
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Littlefoot the Policeman
Title: Littlefoot the Policeman
Character: Fratello di Pascalone
Released: August 13, 1974
Type: Movie
Petralia, a Neapolitan policeman casually makes friends with Maria, a girl engaged in the smuggling of cigarettes and belonging to the family of Ferdinando Il Barone.
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Farfallon
Title: Farfallon
Character: Maresciallo Maggiore Carabinieri
Released: August 12, 1974
Type: Movie
A man who has tried to kill his unfaithful wife goes to prison, escapes, ends up in a convent, teaches the nuns to make cookies, captured again and before going back to prison tries to take his long awaited revenge again. Does he eventually succeed in killing his wife?
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Il sergente Rompiglioni
Title: Il sergente Rompiglioni
Character: caporale Baffo
Released: December 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A satire of army life in which a tough army sergeant who loves opera clashes with his soldiers who love rock music and have formed a band.
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Provaci anche tu Lionel
Title: Provaci anche tu Lionel
Character: Luigi Tredicesimo
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Anna Tredicesimo, wife of Luigi Tredicesimo of Santa Ninfa (Trapani), introduces herself to the private investigator Lionel Lionelli and instructs him to recover some red briefs, purchased by her jealous husband in Paris, and lost by her during a loving meeting with the heartthrob fetishist Gianni Agazzi. Lionel, recommended by his friend ten. Sheridan, begins the research and chases the panties from Agazzi to Lola Lola Bis, a stripper, and from this to Iolanda, Ennio's girlfriend, member of Hell's Angels. Lionelli, a bungler by nature, finds the path difficult and also dangerous because, as he will learn very late, a microfilm with a secret chemical formula is hidden in the briefs and, consequently, his steps are constantly followed by men of the boss Goran , master of Titan.
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Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore
Title: Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore
Character: Ki Kaka Mai
Released: August 30, 1973
Type: Movie
The Sicilian Franco is a sort of imitation of Bruce Lee that Don Vito, a Chinese expelled from his country because he smuggled rice from Palermo to Beijing, tries to train in the art of kung-fu with disastrous results.
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Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Title: Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Character: il cameriere di Teresa
Released: February 8, 1973
Type: Movie
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Story of Fear and a Knife
Title: Story of Fear and a Knife
Character: Zu' Nino
Released: August 14, 1972
Type: Movie
A funk is believed to be a tough guy because of a magic bowler hat which gives him courage and strength.
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Armiamoci e partite!
Title: Armiamoci e partite!
Character: passeggero A
Released: September 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Franco and Ciccio work as waiters in an inn in France. The day Ciccio officially takes French citizenship, the First World War breaks out between Germany and France and all citizens are forced to enlist.
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It's a Woman's War
Title: It's a Woman's War
Character: Cocuzza
Released: August 12, 1971
Type: Movie
A girl is drafted due to a misunderstanding and this gives her the occasion to check on her boy-friend, whom she believes to be a womanizer.
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The Beasts
Title: The Beasts
Character: Orazio
Released: April 25, 1971
Type: Movie
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Those Sweet Creatures
Title: Those Sweet Creatures
Character: Sergente
Released: September 4, 1970
Type: Movie
An Italo-American singer and as he arrives at the airport he is accused of being a draft dodger and is drafted. He soon begins a love story with his commander's daughter.
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Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?
Title: Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?
Character: Bartolomeo
Released: August 28, 1970
Type: Movie
Franco and Ciccio are the directors of a driving school. They suffer the theft of the only car they have, and their new car is prone to going completely out of his control.
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Midnight of Love
Title: Midnight of Love
Character: Gaetano
Released: July 21, 1970
Type: Movie
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Lisa with the Blue Eyes
Title: Lisa with the Blue Eyes
Character: il cuoco Carmelino
Released: December 23, 1969
Type: Movie
A university student, Mario Buongiovanni, tries to do various jobs to pay for his studies: selling encyclopedias, singing in night clubs, being a tour guide. He then became a science teacher in a female college, where he met Lisa, the daughter of a Lombard industrialist, whom he fell in love with. But Lisa's father, unfortunately, already has in mind for her a marriage with a very rich suitor ...
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You Are Always In My Mind
Title: You Are Always In My Mind
Character: noleggiatore di pedalò
Released: November 28, 1969
Type: Movie
Carlo is a successful singer, married to Livia; the two also have a son, Maurizio. Carlo decides to accept a tour in the USA but, shortly before departure, together with his agent Puglisi has a sentimental adventure with two women. Livia, having discovered what had happened, leaves home with Maurizio.
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Zum Zum Zum 2
Title: Zum Zum Zum 2
Character: Filiberto Caputo
Released: October 18, 1969
Type: Movie
While happily engaged to Rosalia, Tony has the misfortune of falling for a vibrant pilot named Valeria — and that’s just the beginning of his problems.
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Il suo nome è Donna Rosa
Title: Il suo nome è Donna Rosa
Character: Gaetano
Released: August 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Andrea falls in love with the beautiful Rosetta, but the girl's father pushes her into the arms of the rich Giorgio. Al Bano and Romina in a musicarello of extraordinary success.
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Il ragazzo che sorride
Title: Il ragazzo che sorride
Character: Male nurse
Released: March 7, 1969
Type: Movie
Giorgio, a young mining engineer, moved to work in Africa. His wife does not want to follow him and he suspects a betrayal. In the cast also Rocky Roberts singing two songs.
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Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum)
Title: Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum)
Character: Filiberto Caputo
Released: February 13, 1969
Type: Movie
The sons of a music-loving insurance broker take extreme measures to find happiness for themselves and others, with some help from the power of music.
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I 2 pompieri
Title: I 2 pompieri
Released: October 29, 1968
Type: Movie
The firefighter student Francesco Perricone and his cousin the brigadier Barrese fall in love both of the beautiful brunette Caramella and the barracks of Rome are transferred to the village of Sicily where the girl lives.
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Better a Widow
Title: Better a Widow
Character: Carmelo
Released: October 8, 1968
Type: Movie
Tom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the landowners (all in the Mafia) to allow his company to build an oil refinery on some waterfront real estate. Proby talks to the mob bosses about the project, but disagreements between different bosses complicate his efforts.
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All the Gold in the World
Title: All the Gold in the World
Character: First Usher
Released: February 27, 1968
Type: Movie
The son of a rich industrialist forces a woman to become his fiancée by threatening to bankrupt her parents — until an unlikely hero steps in.
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I Zanzaroni
Title: I Zanzaroni
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: Movie
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Non mi dire mai goodbye
Title: Non mi dire mai goodbye
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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Two Sons of Ringo
Title: Two Sons of Ringo
Character: Jimmy il Guercio
Released: December 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Another spoof from the Franco and Ciccio team in which the boys, who are running a scam pretending to be bounty hunters, are 'persuaded' to help a real bounty hunter discover a treasure by claiming to be the heirs of a deceased lawman.
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Perdono
Title: Perdono
Character: Nino, un custode
Released: December 6, 1966
Type: Movie
Federico, his girlfriend Laura and her cousin, Caterina, are three young people full of hope, united by a great friendship that seems indissoluble. The three work in a department store but, when Caterina decides to attempt a musical career, given her vocal skills, everything changes. Caterina becomes a successful singer and Federico falls in love with her. Caterina, who however does not want to make her cousin Laura suffer, pretends not to reciprocate the young man by making him put his head in order. Meanwhile, the plots of various secondary characters evolve, in particular the fresh marriage between the security guard Antonio and the secretary of the department stores Adelina.
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The Amazing Doctor G
Title: The Amazing Doctor G
Character: A policeman (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Nefarious villain Goldginger is thwarted by bumbling secret agents Franco and Ciccio in his scheme to spark an international war by zombifying all government employees in this Italian spoof of the James Bond movies.
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How We Got Into Trouble with the Army
Title: How We Got Into Trouble with the Army
Released: August 21, 1965
Type: Movie
A sergeant finds out that a GI hides a child in the military barracks. The boy is the son of another soldier who sings in a night club but due to series of misunderstandings the sergeant believes he is his own son, born from a former love story.
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Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
Title: Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
Character: Schultz
Released: August 13, 1965
Type: Movie
During the War of Succession, Franco and Ciccio are arrested for being accused of desertion from the Northern army. Rather than condemn them to death for his carelessness, they will be chosen for a special mission: to infiltrate as expert officers on a delicate espionage action.
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Don't Ever Leave Me
Title: Don't Ever Leave Me
Character: La Bennola
Released: August 5, 1965
Type: Movie
A young singer secretly gets married since he does not want to let his fans down. After a while the gutter press make up a love story which seriously worries his young bride.
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I'm Not Worthy of You
Title: I'm Not Worthy of You
Character: Sergente balbuziente
Released: April 3, 1965
Type: Movie
In the sequel of "In ginocchio da te", the engagement of Gianni and Carla is threatened by Giorgio.
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I due toreri
Title: I due toreri
Character: Jannot
Released: December 3, 1964
Type: Movie
In Sicily Franco and Ciccio are empowered by a local mafia man to guard for a wide range of salad. In reality however this is not simple salad vegetables but marijuana; the two bungling fools and friends do not realize it at first.
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Oh! Those Most Secret Agents
Title: Oh! Those Most Secret Agents
Character: Russian agent
Released: October 9, 1964
Type: Movie
Franco and Ciccio are two simple-minded Italian guys whom are mistaken by KGB spies by government agents from their government and other foreign governments.
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Two Escape from Sing Sing
Title: Two Escape from Sing Sing
Released: August 22, 1964
Type: Movie
Two attendants in a public toilet in New York save the life of the Mafia boss Attanasia. Attanasia turns one of them into a successful boxer by setting up his matches and makes the other into his right hand. When a gang war starts the two are accused of the murders and are sentenced to death. When the execution day comes they refuse to leave their cell, even when they are proved innocent.
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The Swindlers
Title: The Swindlers
Character: Guard at the graveyard (segment "Siciliani")
Released: September 25, 1963
Type: Movie
A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager.
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I 4 moschettieri
Title: I 4 moschettieri
Character: Rochefort
Released: March 31, 1963
Type: Movie
4 con men take the place of the real musketeers and manage to steal the Queen's necklace but then give it back to her, moved by her tears.
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Divorzio alla siciliana
Title: Divorzio alla siciliana
Released: March 15, 1963
Type: Movie
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Totò vs the Four
Title: Totò vs the Four
Released: March 7, 1963
Type: Movie
The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying to murder him.
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The Shortest Day
Title: The Shortest Day
Character: Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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Two Colonels
Title: Two Colonels
Character: Soldato La Padula
Released: January 5, 1963
Type: Movie
In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.
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The Masseuses
Title: The Masseuses
Character: Brigadiere Calascione
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: Movie
Two industry managers from Milan are in Rome to get the contract to build a YMCA hostel. They get in touch with a masseuses ring and one of the masseuses is introduced to the president of the catholic association as the wife of one of the managers. During a vice squad roundup, the president is about to be discovered with one of the girls when he dies of a stroke. How will the others try to hide his death?
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The Four Monks
Title: The Four Monks
Character: Massaro Calogero
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a Sicilian convent
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Those Two in the Legion
Title: Those Two in the Legion
Character: Sergeant Tresport
Released: August 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Ciccio and Franco flee Naples because they are wrongly accused of having murdered a local camorra boss and enlist in the Foreign Legion. They are inept but are mistaken for brave people by their commander and sent to break a weapon smuggling ring.
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Getting Away with It the Italian Way
Title: Getting Away with It the Italian Way
Character: "Manciola"
Released: May 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Orazio Menicotti is a night policeman in Rome. One night he is present at a quarrel between husband and wife and he volunteers to take the wife to the Police Station. While he goes around Rome with the blonde and beautiful woman, a bank is robbed.