The Band of Honest Men (1956)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 1H 41M
Director : Camillo Mastrocinque
Writer : Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli
Synopsis
Italy, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money using the fact that one of them works as a typographer. The story unravels around their embarrassed efforts to spend the money, their little family issues and ends with a surprise.
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