Playing the Field (1974)
1h 48m
Running Time
March 23, 1974Release Date
Playing the Field (1974)
1h 48m
Running Time
March 23, 1974Release Date
Plot.
A small-time soccer referee gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets to referee a major-league game. He becomes a celebrity and suddenly finds himself having to choose between his future as a referee and the temptations that come his way, especially the women, now.
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Cast & Crew.
Lando Buzzanca
Carmelo Lo Cascio
Gabriella Pallotta
Laura, la moglie di Carmelo
Massimo Mollica
Il commendator Armando La Forgia
Joan Collins
Elena Sperani, la giornalista
Marisa Solinas
Luisella, la moglie di Tito
Nello Pazzafini
Un tifoso che invade il campo
Ignazio Leone
Tito Fichera, guardalinee
Dino Curcio
Il sindaco
Daniele Vargas
Il presidente della commissione arbitrale
Umberto D'Orsi
Il medico
Gianfranco Barra
Un agente
Alvaro Vitali
Il portalettere
Milla Johansson
Naked woman at Elena's house (uncredited)
Antonio La Raina
Antonio
Giovanni Rosselli
Saro, figlio di Carmelo
Elizabeth Turner
moglie inglese di La Forgia
Dante Cleri
tassista
Sergio D'Offizi
Director of Photography
Guido De Angelis
Original Music Composer
Maurizio De Angelis
Original Music Composer
Romano Dandi
Line Producer
Romualdo Buzzanca
Unit Manager
Franco Tamponi
Conductor
Gianfranco De Mattheis
Boom Operator
Giorgio Gentili
First Assistant Director
Massimo Iabone
Sound
Giulio Natalucci
Makeup Artist
Agostino Pane
Production Manager
Sergio Serantoni
Key Grip
Enrico D'Offizi
Gaffer
Liliana Galli
Assistant Costume Designer
Enrico Maggi
Assistant Camera
Enrico Lucidi
Camera Operator
Roberto Giandalia
Script Supervisor
Walter Giangrasso
Hairstylist
Giacomo Longo
Production Secretary
Fausto Pierannunzi
Administration
Mario Amari
Sound Mixer
Armando Pace
Assistant Editor
Walter Patriarca
Costume Design / Production Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 23, 1974
Original NameL'arbitro
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Genres
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Wiki.
L'arbitro (internationally released as Playing the Field, Football Crazy and The Referee) is a 1974 comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. The main character, Carmelo Lo Cascio, is inspired on the referee Concetto Lo Bello. The theme song, "Football Crazy", is sung by the football player Giorgio Chinaglia.
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