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Avanti!

1972-12-172h 18mComedy / Romance6.9/10TMDB · 278 votes

A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

“When someone knocks on your door and says permesso?... be careful before you say Avanti!”

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Directed byBilly Wilder

Original languageEnglish

Original release1972-12-17

ProductionItaly, United States of America

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The people behind the picture.

Jack LemmonWendell Armbruster, Jr.

Juliet MillsPamela Piggott

Clive RevillCarlo Carlucci

Edward AndrewsJ.J. Blodgett

Gianfranco BarraBruno

Franco AngrisanoArnoldo Trotta

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Pippo FrancoMattarazzo Franco AcamporaArmando Trotta Giselda CastriniAnna Raffaele MottolaPassport Officer Lino ColettaCipriani Harry RayDr. Fleischmann Guidarino GuidiMaitre D'Giacomo RizzoBarman Antonino Faà di BrunoConcierge (as Antonino Faa' Di Bruno)

Yanti Somer

Nurse (as Yanti Sommer)

Janet ÅgrenNurse

María Rosa SclauzeroHostess

Melù ValenteHostess (as Melu' Valente)

Aldo RendineRossi

Sergio BruniSinger Sergio Bruni (uncredited)

Pasquale CampagnolaPolice commissioner (uncredited)

Nestore CavaricciMale Nurse (uncredited)

Enrico CesarettiMan at Airport (uncredited)

Armando De MartinoAlberto Trotta (uncredited)

Giorgio DolfinWaiter (uncredited)

Andrea EsterhazyHotel Guest (uncredited)

Ferruccio FregoneseMan at Aiport (uncredited)

Ettore GeriAirplane Passenger (uncredited)

Armando GiovagnoliBaron Von Schmetterling (uncredited)

Ty HardinHelicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Margherita HorowitzHotel Guest (uncredited)

Silvio KleinMan at Airport (uncredited)

Alba MaioliniWoman at Airport (uncredited)

Giuseppe MarroccoCommissionaire (uncredited)

Anna Maria PeregoWoman at Hotel (uncredited)

Luigi ScavranSommelier (uncredited)

Pupita Lea ScuderoniAirline Passenger (uncredited)

Maria TedeschiHotel Guest (uncredited)

Giuseppe TerranovaCommissionaire (uncredited)

Bruno TocciPolice Escort (uncredited)

Sandra WolffAirplane Passenger (uncredited)

Lidia ZanussiHotel Guest (uncredited)

Gianni Di SegniPoliceman (uncredited)

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