On the Tiger's Back (1961)
- Original title
- A cavallo della tigre
- Directed by
- Luigi Comencini
- Genre
- comedy film, prison film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An ordinary man gets caught up in a prison escape he did not plan. He must navigate the dangers and absurdities of life on the run with fellow fugitives.
quirkybleaktenseslow-burndeadpanoffbeatearthygrimly humorous
What happens
A cavallo della tigre is a 1961 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volonté and Raymond Bussières. It was released as Jailbreak in the United Kingdom and On the Tiger's Back in the United States. In 2002 the film was remade. Giuseppe Mazzacurati directed and Fabrizio Bentivoglio starred in the new version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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