Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
- Bleak ending
- Harm to children
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Franco InterlenghiPasquale Maggi
- Rinaldo SmordoniGiuseppe Filippucci
- Annielo MeleRaffaele
- Bruno OrtenziArcangeli
- Emilio CigoliStaffera
- Gino Saltamerendail Panza (uncredited)
- Peppino SpadaroL'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)
- Antonio NicotraBartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)
- Leo Garavagliail commissario (uncredited)
Crew
- Vittorio De SicaDirector
- Sergio AmideiScreenplay
- Adolfo FranciScreenplay
- Cesare Giulio ViolaScreenplay
- Anchise BrizziDirector of Photography
- Alessandro CicogniniOriginal Music Composer
- Niccolò LazzariEditor
- Paolo William TamburellaProducer
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