Let's Have a Riot

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Let's Have a Riot
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Directed by Luigi Zampa
Written by Silvano Ambrogi
Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring Vittorio Gassman
CinematographySante Achilli
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited bySergio Montanari
Mario Morra
Release date
  • 14 March 1970 (1970-03-14)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Let's Have a Riot (Italian : Contestazione generale) is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vittorio Gassman. [1]

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References

  1. Dan Pavlides (2011). "New York Times: Let's Have a Riot". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2008.