''Spaghetti a mezzanotte'', a.k.a. ''Spaghetti at Midnight'', is a
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
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Italian
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comedy film
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directed by
Sergio Martino
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Plot
In 1980s Asti
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, a lawyer with a cheating wife and dangerous lover has to deal with a Mafia boss who demands his services with a gunman who tries in vain to hide at his villa.
Cast
*Lino Banfi
Lino Banfi (born Pasquale Zagaria; 9 July 1936) is an Italian film actor and presenter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1960.
Biography
He was born in the Apulian city of Andria and at the age of three, moved to Canosa di Puglia. ...
: Avv. Savino Lagrasta
*Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet (born Bärbel Gutscher; 15 August 1943)
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: Celeste Lagrasta
*Alida Chelli
Alida Chelli (23 October 1943 – 14 December 2012) was an Italian singer, and actress. She was mainly known for her appearances in stage musicals.
Biography
Born in Carpi as Alida Rustichelli, Chelli was daughter of composer Carlo Rustichelli ...
: Zelmira Demma
*Teo Teocoli
Antonio "Teo" Teocoli (born 25 February 1945) is an Italian actor, TV conductor, singer and writer appearing in about 30 mostly Italian productions since 1975.
Selected filmography
* ''Paolo e Francesca'' (1971)
* ''The Boss and the Worker ...
: Arch. Andrea Soldani
*Pippo Santonastaso
Pippo Santonastaso (born 25 May 1936) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Santonastaso created an original comic duo with his younger brother Mario (1937 – 8 January 2021Daniele Vargas
Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 7 January 1981) was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniel ...
: Ulderico Demma, the judge
*Ugo Bologna
Ugo Bologna (11 September 1917 – 29 January 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Milan, the son of a municipal employee and a housewife, in 1936 Bologna started working as a primary school teacher, and in 1939 he atte ...
: Don Vito Malisperi
*Jacques Stany
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: Saruzzo
References
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1981 films
1980s Italian-language films
Films directed by Sergio Martino
Films scored by Detto Mariano
1980s sex comedy films
Commedia sexy all'italiana
Films set in Piedmont
1981 comedy films
1980s Italian films
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