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The Payoff (1978)

Original title: La mazzetta

1978-03-17 · 1h 50m · IT
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Sasà Jovine (Nino Manfredi) is a self-styled lawyer involved in petty businesses with Neapolitan mobsters (camorristi). When one of his clients, don Michele Miletti (Paolo Stoppa) offers him a huge bribe (mazzetta) to search for his daughter who disappeared mysteriously taking with her some hot documents, Sasà finds himself trapped into a spiral of homicides.

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Sergio CorbucciDirectorAttilio VeraldiWriter

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Nino ManfrediNino ManfrediSasà IovineUgo TognazziUgo TognazziIl Commissario AssenzaPaolo StoppaPaolo StoppaDon Michele MilettiMarisa LauritoMarisa LauritoLuisellaImma PiroImma PiroGiulia MilettiGennaro Di NapoliGennaro Di NapoliNicola CasaliMarisa MerliniMarisa MerliniElena MilettiSal BorgeseSal BorgeseGiovanni BorgheseGiovanni BorgheseGiacomo FuriaGiacomo Furia

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Genre affinityComedy · CrimeDialogue densityComedyDirector preference53741Actor preference326534 · 155940 · 84952Country preferenceItDecade preference1970

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What is The Payoff about?

Sasà Jovine (Nino Manfredi) is a self-styled lawyer involved in petty businesses with Neapolitan mobsters (camorristi). When one of his clients, don Michele Miletti (Paolo Stoppa) offers him a huge bribe (mazzetta) to search for his daughter who disappeared mysteriously taking with her some hot documents, Sasà finds himself trapped into a spiral of homicides.

How long is The Payoff?

The Payoff has a runtime of 110 minutes.