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The Swindle

SOME PEOPLE DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS' WELFARE!

7.3(232)19551h 53m2

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Italian
  • con man
  • black and white

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR1 Oct 1962
    • TheatricalNRSan Francisco, California18 Jul 1963
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical61 Oct 1957
  • DenmarkDK

    • TV157 Oct 1955
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP29 Feb 1956
    • PhysicalDVD18 Jul 2000
    • TheatricalTPRe-release28 Oct 2009
    • TheatricalTPRe-release17 May 2023
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12West Germany23 Aug 1957
    • PhysicalDVD11 Aug 2006
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival9 Sept 1955
    • TheatricalT7 Oct 1955
    • PremierePesaro Film Festival24 Jun 2021
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG18 Feb 1958
    • PremiereGrande Retrospettiva del Cinema Italiano25 Nov 2001
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD7 Aug 2007
    • Physical12Blu-ray30 Dec 2013
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/125 Oct 1956
    • Theatrical (limited)Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema4 Nov 2020
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical157 Oct 1955

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The Swindle was released on 7 October 1955.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    11/14/2022

    7/10

    I had no idea, until recently, that Broderick Crawford had ever done this film and he's really quite good. He ("Augusto") leads a trio of grifters who take the low hanging fruit. They have no scruples about robbing the vulnerable, ordinary folks - and are quite imaginative when it comes to their scams. Set against a backdrop of a still recovering post-war Italy, there is an effective cynicism about the way the plot a…

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