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Vacation with a Gangster
Vacation with a Gangster
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Dino Risi; Ennio De Concini
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Marc Lawrence ; Giovanna Pala ; Terence Hill
Cinematography	Piero Portalupi
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Production; company	Mambretti Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	1951;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Vacation with a Gangster (Italian: Vacanze col gangster) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Marc Lawrence, Giovanna Pala and Terence Hill.^[1]

The film's art direction was by Flavio Mogherini.

Plot

A man sentenced to 20 years in prison in the Monteforte prison, while working on creating toys for children, puts a note in a papier-mâché horse in which he claims to have been unjustly imprisoned and appeals to anyone who reads the message to get him out of captivity.

The horse, after alternating events, is collected in pieces in the hands of five schoolmates, Gianni, Andrea, Mario, Ugo and Nino, who find the note written by the prisoner. They then plan an escape and plan to all be promoted to go on vacation to Monteforte.

Summer arrives, and the boys anonymously send a cake to the prisoner, the convict n. 5823 with a ticket but the prisoner is in the cell together with no. 6211, a dangerous criminal, with whom he shares the cake and who, unfortunately, also finds the ticket.

By chance or by fate, even the members of the clan of prisoner 6211 are about to implement an escape plan to free their partner and take advantage of it.

The beautiful singer Amelia is also part of the criminal company, who, once they meet the boys, makes them believe that the life prisoner is her brother, so that the boys hasten the escape plan, freeing the gangster Jack Menotti.

The boys hide the fugitive in an abandoned boat, but realize too late that they have been deceived. Fortunately, the police arrive and handcuff the criminal and, some time later, will put convict no. 5823 in freedom.

Production

Produced by Antonio Mambretti for the Mambretti Cinematographic Production, the film was shot in 1951 in Rome in the Titanus studios of the Farnesina. The film was released in theaters the following year.

The film sees the debut of Mario Girotti, then 12, later known as Terence Hill, in the role of Gianni, the orphan leader who pushes the team to the enterprise.^[2]

Cast

Marc Lawrence as Jack Mariotti
Giovanna Pala as Amelia
Terence Hill as Gianni
Lamberto Maggiorani as Il galeotto innocente N. 5823
Gaetano Pessina as Andrea
Luciano Caruso as Mario
Alfredo Baldieri as Nino
Antonio Machi as Ugo
Silvio Bagolini as Teacher
Dina Perbellini
Anna Arena
Bianca Doria
Teresa Macri
Mario Balice
Aldo Alimonti
Mario Galli
Mario Cianfanelli

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
^ Marco Bertolino; Ettore Ridola (2002). Bud Spencer & Terence Hill. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)