The Big Night

Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Not Rated
1959    1h 35mCrime, Drama
7.15.9
In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles and catch prostitutes Anna and Supplizia on the street to mislead the police. They seek the jobber Mosciarella, but he is at a funeral and gives them no attention. But Gino "Bellabella" overhears them and offers to deal the merchandise with another contact. He fails and the whores present a deaf-mute acquaintance who lives on the outskirts of Rome to buy the guns; the prostitute Nicoletta who was with the man returns to Rome with the quintet. When the youngsters propose to have sex in the middle of nowhere, the prostitutes believe that they intend to leave them there. Scinttilone, Ruggeretto, and Bellabella sneak out to the car and leave the women in the countryside. Later they discover that the women stole their money. They seek them out on the streets and fight against another gang. However, when the police arrive, the six youngsters leave the place together and head to the house of one of them, and Ruggeretto falls for the host's sister. However, Bellabella steals the host's bountiful wallet and Ruggeretto fights him to get the wallet and return it to the host. While they are fighting, Scinttilone flees with the wallet to the house of his girlfriend Rossana. Ruggeretto chases Scinttilone along a night of alienation, illusions, and adventures.

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  • Laurent TerzieffRuggeretto
  • Jean-Claude BrialyScintillone
  • Franco InterlenghiBellabella
  • Rosanna SchiaffinoRossana
  • Elsa MartinelliAnna
  • Anna Maria FerreroNicoletta
  • Tomas MilianAchille
  • Antonella LualdiSupplizia
  • Franco BalducciEliseo
  • Mario MeniconiMosciarella
  • Mylène DemongeotLaura
  • Mauro BologniniDirector
  • Pier Paolo PasoliniNovel
  • Jacques-Laurent BostScreenplay
  • Tonino CerviProducer
  • Alessandro JacovoniProducer
  • Carlo EgidiProduction Design
  • Riccardo DomeniciSet Decoration
  • Armando NannuzziDirector Of Photography
  • Marcel EscoffierCostume Design

The Big Night Trivia

The Big Night was released on November 14, 1959.

The Big Night was directed by Mauro Bolognini.

The Big Night has a runtime of 1h 35m.

The Big Night was produced by Tonino Cervi, Alessandro Jacovoni.

The key characters in The Big Night are Ruggeretto (Laurent Terzieff), Scintillone (Jean-Claude Brialy), Bellabella (Franco Interlenghi).

The Big Night is rated Not Rated.

The Big Night is a Crime, Drama film.

The Big Night has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.

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