| L'arbitro | |
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| Directed by | Luigi Filippo D'Amico |
| Written by | Raimondo Vianello Sandro Continenza Giulio Scarnicci |
| Produced by | Gianni Hecht Lucari |
| Starring | Lando Buzzanca Joan Collins |
| Cinematography | Sergio D'Offizi |
| Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
L'arbitro (internationally released as Playing the Field, Football Crazy and The Referee) is a 1974 comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. The main character, Carmelo Lo Cascio, is inspired on the referee Concetto Lo Bello. The theme song, "Football Crazy", is sung by the football player Giorgio Chinaglia.
Cast
- Lando Buzzanca as Carmelo Lo Cascio
- Joan Collins as Elena Sperani
- Gabriella Pallotta as Laura, wife of Lo Cascio
- Ignazio Leone as Fichera
- Marisa Solinas as Luisella, wife of Fichera
- Massimo Mollica as La Forgia
- Daniele Vargas as the president
- Maurizio Barendson [it] as himself
- Alfredo Pigna [it] as himself
- Bruno Pizzul as himself
- Nicolò Carosio as himself
- Antonio La Raina [it] as
- Gianfranco Barra as policeman in Terni
- Dino Curcio [it] as
- Giovanni Rosselli [it] as
- Umberto D'Orsi as the doctor
- Dante Cleri [it] as
- Renato Terra as
- Pasquale Vitiello [it] as
- Orazio Stracuzzi [it] as
- Carla Mancini as
- Alvaro Vitali as the postman
See also
References
- ^ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
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- 1974 films
- Italian sports comedy films
- Italian association football films
- Films directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico
- 1970s sports comedy films
- Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
- 1970s Italian-language films
- Films with screenplays by Giulio Scarnicci
- 1970s Italian films
- Films shot in Sicily
- Films shot in Kenya
- 1970s Italian comedy film stubs