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Aging small-time con man Augusto (Broderick Crawford), who swindles peasants, works with two younger men: Roberto, who wants to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso (Richard Basehart), who has a wife and daughter and wants to paint. Augusto avoids the personal entanglements, spending money at clubs seeking the good life. His attitude changes when he runs into his own daughter, whom he rarely sees, and realizes she's now a young woman and in need of his help to continue her studies. His usual partners are away, so he goes in with others to run a swindle, and they aren't forgiving when he claims he's given the money back to their mark. They leave him beaten, robbed, and alone.
Movie rating: 7.5 / 10 (6845)
Directed by: Federico Fellini - Ennio Flaiano - Tullio Pinelli
Writer credits: Federico Fellini - Ennio Flaiano
Cast: Broderick Crawford - Giulietta Masina - Richard Basehart - Franco Fabrizi - Sue Ellen Blake
AKA: Il bidone, The Swindlers, Die Schwindler
