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Shoeshine

78
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1947 · 1h 31m
Drama
Starring Franco Interlenghi · Rinaldo Smordoni · Emilio Cigoli
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Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

Theatrical
Aug 26, 1947
Box Office
$17K
Theaters
4
Director
Vittorio De Sica
Writers
Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini
Producer
Paolo William Tamburella
Music
Alessandro Cicognini
Studio
Societa Cooperativa Alfa Cinematografica
Original Title
Sciuscià
Original Language
Italian
Keywords
italy rome, italy fortune teller juvenile prison black market orphan juvenile delinquent post world war ii military police shoeshine boy
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Cast

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F
Franco Interlenghi
Pasquale Maggi
R
Rinaldo Smordoni
Giuseppe Filippucci
E
Emilio Cigoli
Staffera
G
Gino Saltamerenda
il Panza (uncredited)
P
Peppino Spadaro
L'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)
A
Antonio Nicotra
Bartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)
L
Leo Garavaglia
il commissario (uncredited)

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