Playing the Field
1974•1h 48m•5.5•Released
Comedy
A small-time soccer referee gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets to referee a major-league game. He becomes a celebrity and suddenly finds himself having to choose between his future as a referee and the temptations that come his way, especially the women, now.
Director
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Writer
Giulio Scarnicci, Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Sandro Continenza, Raimondo Vianello
Languages
Italian
Studio
Documento Film
Cast
Lando Buzzanca
Carmelo Lo Cascio
Gabriella Pallotta
Laura, la moglie di Carmelo
Massimo Mollica
Il commendator Armando La Forgia
Joan Collins
Elena Sperani, la giornalista
Marisa Solinas
Luisella, la moglie di Tito
Nello Pazzafini
Un tifoso che invade il campo
Ignazio Leone
Tito Fichera, guardalinee
Dino Curcio
Il sindaco
Daniele Vargas
Il presidente della commissione arbitrale
Umberto D'Orsi
Il medico
Gianfranco Barra
Un agente
Alvaro Vitali
Il portalettere
Milla Johansson
Naked woman at Elena's house (uncredited)
Antonio La Raina
Antonio
Giovanni Rosselli
Saro, figlio di Carmelo
Production
Company
Documento Film
Producer
Gianni Hecht Lucari
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