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47 Talking Corpses(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-12-22
71%
81 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
Overview:
Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him believe he is dead, and, in a fake "afterlife", they'll try to convince him to finally show them where the money is hidden to save his soul.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Produzione Films Cinematografici
Movie: 47 Talking Corpses
Top 10 Billed Cast
Totò
Il barone Antonio Peletti
Silvana Pampanini
Madame Bonbon, la canzonettista
Adriana Benetti
Rosetta
Dante Maggio
Dante Cartoni
Tina Lattanzi
La moglie dei sindaco
Aldo Bufi Landi
Gastone
Eduardo Passarelli
Il farmacista
Arturo Bragaglia
Il sindaco
Mario Castellani
Il colonello Bertrand de Tassiny
Gildo Bocci
Il macellaio
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Overview
Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him believe he is dead, and, in a fake "afterlife", they'll try to convince him to finally show them where the money is hidden to save his soul.
Release Date
1950-12-22
Average
7.068
Rating:
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Languages:
Italiano
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