| La banda Casaroli | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Florestano Vancini |
| Cinematography | Alessandro D'Eva |
| Music by | Mario Nascimbene |
| Release date |
|
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
La banda Casaroli is a 1962 Italian crime-drama film directed by Florestano Vancini. The film is based on real life events of criminal group led by Paolo Casaroli.
Plot
In a fog-shrouded square in Bologna, a young man named Gabriele Ingenis roams among onlookers under the arcades, visibly dazed after a recent bloody shootout. Gabriele, an Istrian refugee, had crossed paths with his old friend Corrado Minguzzi and Paolo Casaroli a few months earlier at a Bologna Luna Park.
Together, the trio embarks on a shared destiny, obtaining weapons and forming a gang of bank robbers with occasional accomplices. Their first robbery, almost impromptu, takes place in a Lombardy agricultural center against a small bank. As the gang becomes more organized, they stage a heist in Genoa, targeting a bank full of employees and customers, successfully emptying the safe.
Flush with cash, the three move from Bologna to Venice, living the good life by enjoying the company of easy-going women and trying their luck at the casino. Running low on funds, they decide to make a big score in Rome. However, the plan goes awry when a cashier tries to disarm Casaroli during the heist. Ingenis intervenes, shooting the cashier, and as they flee, Minguzzi fires at a pursuer, triggering an alarm.
Their attempt to evade the police in Rome results in more casualties. Believing his friends are dead, the uninvolved Ingenis commits suicide in a cinema with a gunshot. Casaroli, severely injured but still alive, is hospitalized. A journalist manages to talk to him, and upon leaving, hears the outlaw singing the chorus of "Paquito lindo," a song from the movie Fear and Sand.
Cast
- Renato Salvatori: Paolo Casaroli
- Jean-Claude Brialy: Corrado Minguzzi
- Tomas Milian: Gabriele Ingenis
- Gabriele Tinti: Agent Spinelli
References
- Giacomo Gambetti. Florestano Vancini. Gremese Editore, 2000.
- Manlio Momarasca; Giorgio Navarro; Davide Pulici. Monnezza e i suoi fratelli. Nocturno Dossier n.39, Cinemabis Comm.
External links
 | This article related to an Italian film of the 1960s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |