Linda Sini

A gold prospector and his drunkard brother must fight against the sadistic son of a wealthy rancher who’s dispossessed them of their family farm.

The ultimate Italian road comedy, IL SORPASSO stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi, is a wildly entertaining commentary on the pleasures and consequences of the good life. A holy grail of commedia all’italiana, IL SORPASSO is so fresh and exciting that one can easily see why it has long been adored in Italy.

On his endless quest for gold, a gunslinging bounty hunter tangles with Mexican bandits, a double-crossing mining boss, and a parasol-carrying dandy!

An amnesia-stricken gunfighter unravels the secrets of his past, revealing the horrible truth about his own role in a violent conspiracy.