A Fine Pair (1968)

Name: A Fine Pair
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Released: 1968-09-27
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian, Leon Askin, Ellen Corby

A Fine Pair (1968), directed by Francesco Maselli, starring Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale.

09/27/1968 BR Adventure, Comedy, Crime and Romance 1h 48m

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He was a good, law-abiding citizen, but she didn't hold that against him.

Synopsis

A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.

Alfio ContiniCinematography
Francesco MaselliDirector, Screenplay
Nicoletta NardiEditing
Franco CristaldiProducer

About the film

A Fine Pair (Italian: Ruba al prossimo tuo) is a 1968 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Francesco Maselli. It stars Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale, who had co-starred together two years earlier in the romantic drama, Blindfold.

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Plot

Married New York City Police Department Captain Mike Harmon (Hudson) receives a visit from Esmeralda Marini (Cardinale), who he has not seen in 12 years, since she was a child. She is the daughter of an old police colleague from Italy, Inspector Marini who is now deceased. Mike recalls those six months in Italy as the happiest in his life. She has come to New York to ask specifically for Mike's help, her father telling her always to trust Mike if she's in trouble. She finally admits to him that she is a jewel thief, but that she wants to turn over a new leaf by returning the jewels she and a well-known criminal named Jackie Mitchell stole from the safe of the villa of wealthy and famous Ogden Fairchild in Kitzbühel, Austria. Since the Fairchilds are not in Kitzbühel at the moment, they do not even know that the jewels are yet missing. So, Mike figures if they can break into the villa and replace the jewels into the safe before the Fairchilds return to Kitzbühel, Esmeralda will not have to face prosecution. But breaking in the second time around may be more difficult than the first. As Mike helps Esmeralda with this problem, the two start to fall for each other. But each has secrets in doing what they are doing together, the motives behind those secrets which may be incompatible.

Cast

Rock Hudson as Captain Mike Harmon

Claudia Cardinale as Esmeralda Marini

Tomas Milian as Roger

Leon Askin as Chief Wellman

Ellen Corby as Maddy Walker

Walter Giller as Franz

Guido Alberti as Uncle Camillo Marini

Peter Dane as Albert Kinsky

Tony Lo Bianco as Officer McClusky

References

External links

Ruba al prossimo tuo at IMDb

A Fine Pair at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Text from A Fine Pair on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fine_Pair

Trivia

It premiered on September 27, 1968, a Friday.
It runs 1h48 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Ruba al prossimo tuo".
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosVides Cinematografica
CountriesItaly
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
StatusReleased

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Crew

Alfio Contini Cinematography
Francesco Maselli Director
Nicoletta Nardi Editing
Franco Cristaldi Producer
Léo L. Fuchs Producer
Ennio Morricone Original music
Francesco Maselli Screenplay
Luisa Montagnana Story
Luisa Montagnana Screenplay

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What is A Fine Pair about?

A Fine Pair: A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.

Who directed A Fine Pair?

A Fine Pair was directed by Francesco Maselli in 1968.

Who stars in A Fine Pair?

The cast of A Fine Pair includes Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian, Leon Askin and Ellen Corby.

How long is A Fine Pair?

A Fine Pair runs for 108 minutes, or 1h48.