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Million Dollar Eel

Million Dollar Eel

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Million Dollar Eel

1971

1h 49m

7.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Ottavia Piccolo

Ottavia Piccolo

Margherita 'Tina' Tellini

Lino Toffolo

Lino Toffolo

Giovanni Boscolo 'Bissa'

Rodolfo Baldini

Rodolfo Baldini

Lino

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca

Senta Berger

Senta Berger

Countess Spodani

Gabriele Ferzetti

Gabriele Ferzetti

Vasco

Franco Marletta

Franco Marletta

Verzini

Daniele Dublino

Priest

Ricky Gianco

Ricky Gianco

Barman

Sergio Cesca

Inspector Cesca

Creative team

Directed by: Salvatore Samperi
Written by: Aldo Lado
Salvatore Samperi
Produced by: Oreste Coltellacci

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