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Io sono il capataz (1951)

Io sono il capataz poster
Directed by
Giorgio Simonelli
Genre
comedy film, Spaghetti Western
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets mixed up in a western adventure in Italy. He pretends to be someone he is not while dealing with a cast of colorful characters.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalcomediclivelyspiritedfun

What happens

I'm the Capataz (Italian: Io sono il capataz) is a 1951 Italian western-comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli, and starring Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini and Marilyn Buferd. It was shot at the Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arrigo Equini. The film was a commercial hit, earning around 421 million lira at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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