On the Tiger's Back
(1961)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 27 votes
Year: 1961
Runtime: 105 мин
Country: Italy
Director: Luigi Comencini
Cast: Nino Manfredi, Марио Адорф, Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volonté, Raymond Bussières, Luciana Buzzanca, Ferruccio De Ceresa, Vincenzo Fortunati, Ferdinando Gerra, Franco Giacobini
Plot
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.