Shoeshine
Drama
DirectorVittorio De Sica
ScreenwriterSergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C.G. Viola, Cesar Zavattini
DistributorLopert Pictures Corp.
Release DateAug 26, 1947, Original
LanguageEnglish
Runtime1h 33m
Though orphan Pasquale (Franco Interlenghi) and his best friend, Giuseppe (Rinaldo Smordoni), squirrel away the money they earn shining shoes in Rome, their dream of buying a horse seems out of reach until Giuseppe's older brother ropes them into a scheme to con money from a local fortune teller. The boys are able to purchase the horse, but end up in a juvenile detention center where they are slowly driven apart by police determined to make one of them talk.
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