A man who has tried to kill his unfaithful wife goes to prison, escapes, ends up in a convent, teaches the nuns to make cookies, captured again and before going back to prison tries to take his long awaited revenge again. Does he eventually succeed in killing his wife?
Acting
Franco and Ciccio's frantic physical comedy, pure Italian duo magic.
Production
Convent chaos shot like a heist film, absurdly grand.
Director
Riccardo Pazzaglia
Franco Franchi
Farfallon
Ciccio Ingrassia
Barone di Vistacorta
Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Leonardo
Gina Rovere
Madre superiora
Micaela Pignatelli
Direttrice del carcere
Mario Carotenuto
Direttore del carcere
Nino Terzo
Maresciallo Maggiore Carabinieri
Linda Sini
Figlia del colonnello
Antonio Allocca
detenuto “poeta”
Vittorio Marsiglia
Vincenzo detto Cinzia
Enzo Andronico
Detenuto
Salvatore Baccaro
Detenuto enorme
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franco and Ciccio were Italy's answer to Laurel and Hardy, cranking out 100+ films together—this is peak mid-period madness.
Director Pazzaglia was primarily a songwriter; this was his second and final feature, explaining the musical-comedy pacing.
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