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Directed by | Duilio Coletti |
Screenplay by | Duilio Coletti Federico Fellini Tullio Pinelli |
Story by | Bruno Corra |
Produced by | Luigi Rovere Dino De Laurentiis |
Starring | Rossano Brazzi Valentina Cortese |
Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Music by | Enzo Masetti |
Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Language | Italian |
Bullet for Stefano (Italian : Il Passatore, also known as The Ferryman) is a 1947 Italian adventure-drama-crime film written and directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese. It is loosely based on real-life events of Stefano Pelloni (1824-1851), an Italian highwayman known as "Il Passatore". [1] It grossed 146.2 million lire at the Italian box office. [2]
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