Big Deal on Madonna Street

Big Deal on Madonna Street is a beloved 1958 Italian comedy directed by Mario Monicelli, following a group of hapless, small-time criminals as they attempt to pull off what they believe will be the perfect heist. Despite their meticulous planning, every step of the operation descends into glorious chaos, exposing their complete incompetence. The film is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Italian comedy and a sharp, affectionate parody of the heist genre.

• The film is an Italian comedy spoofing heist movies like Rififi.
• Directed by Mario Monicelli, a master of Italian commedia all'italiana.
• Marcello Mastroianni plays a bumbling amateur thief named Tiberio.
• The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
• It was remade in 1984 as the Hollywood film 'Crackers'.

• We're not criminals, we're just unlucky.
• The perfect crime requires perfect idiots.
• I've been planning this for months… and nothing works.
• We came for the safe and found only pasta.
• Every man on this job is a disaster, including me.