Italian Secret Service

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Italian Secret Service
Italian Secret Service.jpg
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Screenplay byLuigi Comencini
Piero De Bernardi
Story byMassimo Patrizi
Leonardo Benvenuti
Produced by Angelo Rizzoli
Starring Nino Manfredi
Françoise Prévost
Cinematography Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by Nino Baragli
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi
Release date
  • 5 February 1968 (1968-02-05)
Running time
108 minutes
LanguageItalian

Italian Secret Service (also known as Il nostro agente Natalino Tartufato) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. For his performance in this film and in Il padre di famiglia , Nino Manfredi was awarded with a Golden Plate at the 1968 Edition of David di Donatello. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

Assassination attempts are constantly bungled.

Cast

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References

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  2. Lino Miccichè, Scuola nazionale di cinema. Storia del cinema italiano. Bianco & nero, 2002.