A Dangerous Toy

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A Dangerous Toy
Il-giocattolo-poster.jpg
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo
Written by Sergio Donati
Giuliano Montaldo
Nino Manfredi
Produced byClaudio Mancini
Fulvio Morsella
Starring Nino Manfredi
Marlène Jobert
Cinematography Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by Nino Baragli
Music by Ennio Morricone
Release date
21 February 1979
Running time
118
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

A 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. [1] The toy of the title is a gun. The film chronicles how a frustrated and shy accountant may become a cruel and ruthless executioner. [2] For his role in this film Vittorio Mezzogiorno won the Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor. [3]

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Plot

The accountant Vittorio Barletta lives in Milan with his wife Ada. A friend since childhood of the industrialist Nicola Griffo, Vittorio serves him as a security carrier and as a cover for "black funds". Wounded in the course of a robbery at a supermarket, Barletta is replaced by a more aggressive former carabinieri marshal for the tasks of security guard of the Griffo. In the meantime, having made acquaintance and friendship with the agent Sauro Civera, Vittorio finds out of having a talent for pistol shooting and becomes so expert as to win shooting competitions. Robbed of his newly acquired weapon, the accountant receives a pistol as a gift from Sauro. Having gone with his policeman friend to a pizzeria, the latter recognizes a convict who reacts by killing him, but Vittorio too, after a few moments of perplexity, shoots and kills the bandit. The TV and the press cover the hero but the noise doesn't last long and doesn't bring in money. Ada is seriously ill. Vittorio is teased by Nicola, by his wife, Laura, and by the reckless daughter of the Griffos, Patrizia. Meanwhile, threats of evil are multiplying, communicated by telephone or through anonymous letters. During an ambush he shots and wounds the attackers then he spends a few days in jail. Abandoned by Nicola, who fires him after making him sign the sale of a phantom company, the accountant locks himself up in the house with the increasingly weak Ada. Then, when he can't take it anymore, Vittorio decides to humiliate the Griffos, but his dying wife is determined to stop him.

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References

  1. ↑ Marcello Garofalo (1999). Tutto il cinema di Sergio Leone. Baldini & Castoldi, 1999. p. 182. ISBN   88-8089-698-9.
  2. ↑ Aldo Bernardini. Nino Manfredi. Gremese Editore, 1999. pp. 161–163.
  3. ↑ Rodolfo Di Giammarco (9 January 1994). "E' MORTO L' ATTORE VITTORIO MEZZOGIORNO". La Repubblica. Retrieved 4 December 2011.


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