Prickly Pears

Prickly Pears

Prickly Pears

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Prickly Pears

1980

1h 33m

5.3(42 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Lorenzo is the mayor of a small town. One evening, returning home, surprised the well-known playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his beautiful wife. Enraged, he threatens the two with a gun, and Buccilli is the victim of a heart attack: the man survives but, forced to total rest, remains at the mayor's house. The result is an endless series of gags and misunderstandings, due to the stratagems devised by Lorenzo to avoid that the situation becomes the subject of gossip by fellow citizens ...

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20 members

Acting

Renato Pozzetto

Dott.Lorenzo Millozzi

Renato Pozzetto

Acting

Aldo Maccione

Arrigo "Ghigo" Buccilli

Aldo Maccione

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Gloria Guida

Lia Millozzi

Gloria Guida

Acting

Diego Abatantuono

Capo delle "Belve"

Diego Abatantuono

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Gianfranco Barra

Commissario di Polizia

Gianfranco Barra

Acting

Daniele Formica

Lanzarotti

Daniele Formica

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Luca Sportelli

Don Eusebio

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Roberto Della Casa

portiere

Roberto Della Casa

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Néstor Garay

fratello di Lorenzo

Néstor Garay

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Dario Ghirardi

barista

Dario Ghirardi

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Renato Montalbano

dottore della compagnia assicurativa

Renato Montalbano

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Loredana Martínez

Marcellina, domestica di Millozzi

Loredana Martínez

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Licinia Lentini

moglie di Cicognelli

Licinia Lentini

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Giulio Massimini

Vigile Urbano

Giulio Massimini

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Daniele Vargas

capo di Millozzi

Daniele Vargas

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Angelo Pellegrino

segretario di Millozzi

Angelo Pellegrino

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Sandro Ghiani

Giovanni, l'usciere del municipio

Sandro Ghiani

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Jimmy il Fenomeno

Arturo Brambilloni, sposo in comune

Jimmy il Fenomeno

Acting

Pietro Zardini

Mazzetti, vicino di casa

Pietro Zardini

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Raimondo Penne

avvocato Cicognelli

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