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A Dangerous Toy is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Giuliano Montaldo with Nino Manfredi
A Dangerous Toy (1979)
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Add to a movie listA Dangerous Toy (originally titled Il giocattolo) is a 1979 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It was co-produced by Sergio Leone. The toy of the title is a gun. The movie chronicles how a frustrated and shy accountant may become a cruel and ruthless executioner. For his role in this film Vittorio Mezzogiorno won the Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor.
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Vittorio Barletta is hit by a random bullet when a supermarket is robbed. Due to this incident he gets to know a policeman. His new buddy teaches him how to defend himself with a gun. Hereby Barletta learns he has a special talent because right from the start he is an extraordinary marksman. When the policeman tries to arrest somebody while Barletta is with him, he is killed right under Barletta's eyes. This drives Barletta to seek vengeance.Actors
Nino Manfredi
(Vittorio Barletta)
Marlène Jobert
(Ada Barletta)
Olga Karlatos
(Laura Griffo)
Arnoldo Foà
(Nicola Griffo)
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
(Sauro Civera)
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