Il raccomandato di ferro(1959)
An Italian clerk has been helped to his position by a fake kickback letter from a politician who, meanwhile has become a state secretary. His colleagues thus send him to Rome to settle an important matter with the powerful character. The poor fellow goes hoping the truth will not come out.
Movie: Il raccomandato di ferro
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Augusto Zinconi
Tosca
Wilma
The head clerk
miss Jane, la segretaria
Massimo Conte
The State Secretary
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An Italian clerk has been helped to his position by a fake kickback letter from a politician who, meanwhile has become a state secretary. His colleagues thus send him to Rome to settle an important matter with the powerful character. The poor fellow goes hoping the truth will not come out.
Release Date
1959-04-08
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