The Beasts () is a 1971 Italian anthology comedy film co-written and directed by Giovanni Grimaldi. It consists of eight segments, all starring Lando Buzzanca.
Plot
Cast Lando Buzzanca as Journalist / Dario / Raimondo / Husband / Giovanni Apposito / Lanfranco / Surgeon / Francesco Sparapaoli Femi Benussi as Concetta Sparapaoli Ira von Fürstenberg as Filomena Sparapaoli Annabella Incontrera as Carmela Sparapaoli Magali Noël as Lisa Margaret Lee as Judy Françoise Prévost as Clara Tino Carraro as Minister Claudio Gora as Giulio Bianchi Maria Baxa as Wife Paola Borboni as Raimondo's Mother-in-law Helga Liné as Raimondo's Wife Philippe Hersent as Placido Nino Terzo as Orazio Gina Mascetti as Orazio's Wife Renato Malavasi as Priest Carla Mancini as "Piccolina" Sparapaoli Fulvio Mingozzi as Giuseppe Empedocle Buzzanca as Giovanni's Father Alfredo Rizzo as Giovanni's Uncle Carletto Sposito as Giovanni's Brother Giovanni Nuvoletti as Praetor Mario Maranzana as Lawyer Maranzana Franco Ressel as Prosecutor Pietro Tordi as Sparapaoli's Lawyer
Production The film was produced by Princeps, Italian International Film and Medusa. Its working title was Le belve – io corrompo, tu corrompi, egli corrompe ('The beasts - I corrupt, you corrupt, he corrupts'). Initially, Edwige Fenech was announced to be part of the cast. The film was shot in Rome, except for a scene shot in .
Release The film was distributed in Italian cinemas starting from 12 March 1971.
Reception The film grossed over 710 million lire at the Italian box office. Corriere della Sera described it as a "squalid" film "marked by triviality and profanity". Similarly, Paolo Mereghetti described the film as "a hypocritical pretext for combining turpitude and vulgarity".
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