A Dangerous Toy (1979)
Il giocattolo
A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the friend who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge.
- Date of release
- 1979-02-21
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Giuliano Montaldo
Casting
- Nino Manfredi — Vittorio Barletta
- Marlène Jobert — Ada Barletta
- Arnoldo Foà — Nicola Griffo
- Olga Karlatos — Laura Griffo
- Vittorio Mezzogiorno — Sauro Civera
- Pamela Villoresi — Patrizia Griffo
- Carlo Bagno — Inmate
- Renato Scarpa — Gun Shop Clerk
- Luciano Catenacci — Benotti
- Mario Brega — Slavic's Enforcer
- Giovanni Massa — Lawyer
- Rodolfo Marcenaro — Magistrate
Interesting facts
A Dangerous Toy is a 1979 Italian noir film written and directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It was co-produced by Sergio Leone. The toy of the title is a gun. The film chronicles how a frustrated and shy accountant may become a cruel and ruthless executioner.
Production
The film was co-produced by Sergio Leone, who preferred to stay uncredited and leave the credit to his brother-in-law Fulvio Morsella. It marked the return to collaboration between Leone and his long-time associate Sergio Donati (who had been brought into the project before Leone's involvement) after the pair had had a falling out during the post-production of Duck, You Sucker!.
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