L'arbitro (1974 film)

L'arbitro (internationally released as Playing the Field, Football Crazy and The Referee) is a 1974 comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico.^[1][2] The main character, Carmelo Lo Cascio, is inspired on the referee Concetto Lo Bello.^[1] The theme song, "Football Crazy", is sung by the football player Giorgio Chinaglia.^[1]

L'arbitro
Directed by	Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Written by	Raimondo Vianello Sandro Continenza Giulio Scarnicci
Produced by	Gianni Hecht Lucari
Starring	Lando Buzzanca Joan Collins
Cinematography	Sergio D'Offizi
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Release date	1974 (1974)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Lando Buzzanca as Carmelo Lo Cascio
• Joan Collins as Elena Sperani
• Gabriella Pallotta as Laura, wife of Lo Cascio
• Ignazio Leone as Fichera
• Marisa Solinas as Luisella, wife of Fichera
• Massimo Mollica as La Forgia
• Daniele Vargas as the president
• Maurizio Barendson [it] as himself
• Alfredo Pigna [it] as himself
• Bruno Pizzul as himself
• Nicolò Carosio as himself
• Antonio La Raina [it] as
• Gianfranco Barra as policeman in Terni
• Dino Curcio [it] as
• Giovanni Rosselli [it] as
• Umberto D'Orsi as the doctor
• Dante Cleri [it] as
• Renato Terra as
• Pasquale Vitiello [it] as
• Orazio Stracuzzi [it] as
• Carla Mancini as
• Alvaro Vitali as the postman

See also

• List of Italian films of 1974