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Million Dollar Eel
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Million Dollar Eel

1971-05-06 · 109 min · ★ 7.0

Comedy · Crime

An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).

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Directors
Salvatore Samperi
Production companies
Mega Film, Colt Produzioni Cinematografiche
Countries
Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ottavia PiccoloOttavia PiccoloMargherita 'Tina' Tellini
Lino ToffoloLino ToffoloGiovanni Boscolo 'Bissa'
Rodolfo BaldiniRodolfo BaldiniLino
Mario AdorfMario AdorfNane Mora - the Guardiapesca
Senta BergerSenta BergerCountess Spodani
Gabriele FerzettiGabriele FerzettiVasco
Franco MarlettaFranco MarlettaVerzini
Daniele DublinoPriest
Ricky GiancoRicky GiancoBarman
Sergio CescaInspector Cesca
Carla ManciniCarla ManciniTinas Class Companion
Luciano Spadoni

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