Bullet for Stefano (Italian: Il Passatore, also known as The Ferryman) is a 1947 Italian adventure-drama-crime film written and directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese. It is loosely based on real-life events of Stefano Pelloni (1824-1851), an Italian highwayman known as "Il Passatore".[1] It grossed 146.2 million lire at the Italian box office.[2]