Italian spoof of the Rififi-type caper film, and enough of an archetype in its own right to win a lot of tolerance for director Mario Monicelli throughout his prolific career. The buildup achieves a genial sense of proletarian oneness, though no eruptive laughs. Those are reserved for the climactic caper: inventive, prolonged, beautifully shaped. Ill-advisedly remade (and Americanized) by Louis Malle as Crackers. Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatore, Claudia Cardinale, Toto. (1958) — Duncan Shepherd
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