1961
7.2 (21 votes)
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Comedy
Production Companies
Titanus
Film 5
Film 5
On the Tiger's Back (A cavallo della tigre)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Aldo Scavarda
Story: Luigi Comencini, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
Screenplay: Mario Monicelli, Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci, Luigi Comencini
Director: Luigi Comencini
Producer: Alfredo Bini
Top Cast
Nino Manfredi
Giacinto Rossi
Mario Adorf
Tagliabue
Valeria Moriconi
Ileana Rossi
Gian Maria Volonté
Papaleo
Raymond Bussières
Le Sorcio
Luciana Buzzanca
Olga
Ferruccio De Ceresa
Coppola
