On the Tiger's Back (1961)
A cavallo della tigre
Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
- Date of release
- 1961-12-20
- TMDB
- 7.4 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Luigi Comencini
Casting
- Nino Manfredi — Giacinto Rossi
- Mario Adorf — Tagliabue
- Valeria Moriconi — Ileana Rossi
- Gian Maria Volonté — Papaleo
- Raymond Bussières — Le Sorcio
- Luciana Buzzanca — Olga
- Ferruccio De Ceresa — Coppola
- Vincenzo Fortunati
- Ferdinando Gerra
- Franco Giacobini — Medico del carcere
- Franco Moruzzi
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