
The Band of Honest Men
A lighthearted Italian comedy about three working-class friends whose bumbling counterfeiting scheme becomes a vehicle for exploring friendship, family, and the gap between ambition and reality.
Italy, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money using the fact that one of them works as a typographer. The story unravels around their embarrassed efforts to spend the money, their little family issues and ends with a surprise.
Essence
Ensemble

Totò
Antonio Buonocore

Peppino De Filippo
Giuseppe Lo Turco
Giulia Rubini
Marcella

Giacomo Furia
Cardone

Gabriele Tinti
Michele

Yoka Berretty
Marlene, moglie di Antonio

Luigi Pavese
Rag. Casoria
Annette Ciarli
Madre di Antonio

Lauro Gazzolo
Andrea

Salvo Libassi
Brigadiere Solmi
Mario Meniconi
Un finanziere
Guido Martufi
Riccardo, figlio di Lo Turco
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