Prickly Pears
Fico d'India
Release: 1980-10-09
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 5.3
Comedy
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 ...
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Intercontinental Film Company
Cast
Gianfranco Barra
as Commissario di Polizia
Daniele Formica
as Lanzarotti
Néstor Garay
as fratello di Lorenzo
Dario Ghirardi
as barista
Loredana Martínez
as Marcellina, domestica di Millozzi
Gloria Guida
as Lia Millozzi
Licinia Lentini
as moglie di Cicognelli
Daniele Vargas
as capo di Millozzi
Jimmy il Fenomeno
as Arturo Brambilloni, sposo in comune
Pietro Zardini
as Mazzetti, vicino di casa
Renato Montalbano
as dottore della compagnia assicurativa
Giulio Massimini
as Vigile Urbano
Angelo Pellegrino
as segretario di Millozzi
Sandro Ghiani
as Giovanni, l'usciere del municipio
Renato Pozzetto
as Dott.Lorenzo Millozzi
Aldo Maccione
as Arrigo "Ghigo" Buccilli
Diego Abatantuono
as Capo delle "Belve"
Roberto Della Casa
as portiere
Crew
Pietro Sarubbi
Stunts
Silvio Laurenzi
Costume Design
Paola Comencini
Production Design
Renato Pozzetto
Screenplay
Franco Ukmar
Stunts
Raimondo Crociani
Editor
Franco Maria Salamon
Stunts
Raimondo Vianello
Story, Screenplay
Enrico Vanzina
Screenplay
Steno
Director, Screenplay
Sergio Mioni
Master at Arms