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The Payoff is a italien film of genre Comedy directed by Sergio Corbucci with Nino Manfredi
The Payoff (1978)
La mazzetta
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Add to a movie listThe Payoff (Italian: La mazzetta) is an Italian crime comedy film directed in 1978 by Sergio Corbucci. It is based on the 1976 crime novel of the same name by the writer Attilio Veraldi.
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The film, a comedy and crime, offers a portrait of the society of Naples 70s in the hands of the "Mafia". Especially, with Ugo Tognazzi, the director wishes to highlight how justice is powerless because of the corruption of its amministranti by the "Camorra".Actors
Nino Manfredi
(Sasà Iovine)
Ugo Tognazzi
(Il Commissario Assenza)
Paolo Stoppa
(Don Michele Miletti)
Marisa Laurito
(Luisella)
Marisa Merlini
(Elena Miletti)
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