Il Bidone

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Il Bidone ★★ The Swindle 1955

Three Italian conmen pull capers in Rome trying to make a better life for themselves. Dark overtones permeate one of Fellini's lesser efforts. Good cast can't bring up the level of this film. In Italian with English subtitles. 92m/C VHS, DVD . IT Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi; D: Federico Fellini; W: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano; C: Otello Martelli; M: Nino Rota.

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