L'arbitro (internationally released as Playing the Field, Football Crazy and The Referee) is a 1974 comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico.[1][2] The main character, Carmelo Lo Cascio, is inspired on the referee Concetto Lo Bello.[1] The theme song, "Football Crazy", is sung by the football player Giorgio Chinaglia.[1]
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| Directed by | Luigi Filippo D'Amico |
| Written by | Raimondo Vianello Sandro Continenza Giulio Scarnicci |
| Produced by | Gianni Hecht Lucari |
| Starring | Lando Buzzanca Joan Collins |
| Cinematography | Sergio D'Offizi |
| Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast edit
- Lando Buzzanca as Carmelo Lo Cascio
- Joan Collins as Elena Sperani
- Gabriella Pallotta as Laura, wife of Lo Cascio
- Ignazio Leone as Fichera
- Marisa Solinas as Luisella, wife of Fichera
- Massimo Mollica as La Forgia
- Daniele Vargas as the president
- Maurizio Barendson as himself
- Alfredo Pigna as himself
- Bruno Pizzul as himself
- Nicolò Carosio as himself
- Antonio La Raina as
- Gianfranco Barra as policeman in Terni
- Dino Curcio as
- Giovanni Rosselli as
- Umberto D'Orsi as the doctor
- Dante Cleri as
- Renato Terra as
- Pasquale Vitiello as
- Orazio Stracuzzi as
- Carla Mancini as
- Alvaro Vitali as the postman
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References edit
- ^ a b c Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
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