Il Bidone
Original title: The Swindle · Turkish title: Kalpazanlar çetesi
“SOME PEOPLE DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS' WELFARE!”
1955 · 1 h 32 min
Directed by 
Federico Fellini
Federico FelliniCast
Broderick Crawford 
Richard Basehart 
Giulietta Masina
Credits
Written by: Federico Fellini
Plot
A group of swindlers cheat poor people out of their savings.
Sinekatalog’s take
Federico Fellini's bleak drama follows con men who swindle the poor and one who finally breaks. Broderick Crawford is superb, and the film's bitter, unglamorous world is an underrated step between La Strada and Cabiria.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (7,911 votes)
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