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On the Tiger's Back

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IMDB ID: tt0054586

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Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.

Italian

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Nino Manfredi

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Mario Adorf

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Valeria Moriconi

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Gian Maria Volonté

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Raymond Bussières

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Luciana Buzzanca

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Ferruccio De Ceresa

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Vincenzo Fortunati

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Ferdinando Gerra

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Franco Giacobini

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Luigi Comencini

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Luigi Comencini

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Agenore Incrocci

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Furio Scarpelli

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Mario Monicelli

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