Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1976 Italian comedy crime thriller High Rollers [Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni] stars Anthony Quinn as con artist Philip Bang, who gets out of prison with young trickster Felice ‘Félix’ Brianza (Adriano Celentano) in a con job jail break and the two link up to pit their wits against clever villainess Belle Duke (Capucine), who is seeking revenge on her former lover Philip Bang.
Once out, Bang and Brianza set out to swindle Belle so that Bang can get his revenge on her, but then Brianza falls in love with Bang’s daughter.
High Rollers [Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni] is an ordinary but still enjoyable Italian caper thriller in The Sting manner, directed by Spaghetti Westerns man Corbucci, who can’t manage quite enough larky style but keeps...
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