The Boom

Sweet-sour comedy on Italy's 1950s rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife's craving for luxury and a "respectable life" so he becomes heavily indebted. In desperation he agrees to sell a precious part of his body for a large sum of money. But just before the crucial operation he panics...

• Vittorio De SicaDirector
• Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
• Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer

• Alberto SordiGiovanni Alberti
• Gianna Maria CanaleSilvia Alberti
• Ettore GeriMr. Bausetti
• Elena NicolaiMrs. Bausetti
• Mariolina BovoMrs. Faravalli
• Gloria CerviMrs. Baratti
• Sandra VeraniMrs. Dronazzi
• Sandro MerliDronazzi
• Maria Grazia BuccellaCast
• John KarlsenCast
• Alfio VitaCast
• Antonio MambrettiCast