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The Swindle

Play trailer The Swindle 1955,  1h 32m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Tired of impersonating priests, three small-time swindlers (Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi) go their separate ways.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times Jun 15, 2005
3/5
An obvious cheap-crime picture, very much on the sentimental side, and therefore thematically inferior to the two films it fell between. But it contains some very strong Fellini phases and accumulations of moods that make it well worth seeing. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Feb 15, 2004
The most obscure film of the highly visible Federico Fellini. Go to Full Review
Vernon Young The Hudson Review Jan 30, 2024
Although on a single viewing I would not rate the film equal to La Strada in human and evocative appeal, it does show Fellini at his cinematic best. Go to Full Review
André Bazin L'Obs (France) Jun 13, 2023
Far from negating my admiration for La Strada, Il Bidone seemed to me to confirm the genius that was manifested in it. Go to Full Review
Francois Truffaut La Parisienne May 6, 2022
Federico Fellini’s new film may be his best; the fact remains that one can unveil in this film every quality of I Vitelloni and La Strada without the lopsided aspect of the first one or the sentimentality of the second. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 11, 2020
4.0/4.0
One of Fellini's most emotionally rich works. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Federico Fellini

Director

Broderick Crawford

Augusto

Richard Basehart

Picasso

Franco Fabrizi

Roberto

Giulietta Masina

Iris

Sue Ellen Blake

Anna

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The Swindle

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Movie Info

Synopsis Tired of impersonating priests, three small-time swindlers (Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi) go their separate ways.
Director
Federico Fellini
Screenwriter
Tullio Pinelli
Production Co
Titanus
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 6, 2018
Runtime
1h 32m
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