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The Good Thief

The Good Thief

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1980

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

62%

Original Title

Il ladrone

Production Companies

Carthago Films, Daimo Cinematografica, Films A2, Italian International Film, RAI

Director

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Description

Caleb, "son of nobody" (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus' day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. When he witnesses Jesus turning water into wine, he thinks he's found a competitor. So Caleb goes on, convinced that Jesus is a fake just as he is, always trying to figure out his tricks. In the meantime, he gets involved with a prostitute (played by Edwige Fenech), but also with the wife of a Roman patrician (played by the equally alluring Bernadette Lafont), he steals a few goats and cons a few people, he befriends a lovable dog and gets in trouble with some Roman soldiers.