Il ladrone

Il ladrone (internationally released as The Good Thief and The Thief) is a 1980 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.^[1]

Il ladrone (The Good Thief)
Directed by	Pasquale Festa Campanile
Written by	Pasquale Festa Campanile, Ottavo Jemma
Produced by	Fulvio Lucisano
Starring	Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Claudio Cassinelli
Cinematography	Giancarlo Ferrando
Edited by	Alberto Gallitti
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Distributed by	IIF - Fulvio Lucisano
Release date	1980 (1980)
Running time	112 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

For his performance in this film and in Aragosta a colazione, Enrico Montesano was awarded with a Special David di Donatello award.^[2]

Plot

In Palestine, the thief Caleb deceives his victims with fake miracles, and the man gets very upset when he learns that a young man by the name of Christ, the Messiah, performs real miracles, healing people and raising the dead. Caleb is jailed by the Romans. He will die along with the Messiah.

Cast

• Enrico Montesano: Caleb
• Edwige Fenech: Deborah
• Bernadette Lafont: Appula
• Claudio Cassinelli: Jesus
• Susanna Martinková
• Sara Franchetti
• Auretta Gay