Il Bidone

Three small-time con artists preying on the local peasantry of Rome and the Italian countryside are the focus of director/co-writer Federico Fellini's engrossing comedy/drama. Broderick Crawford stars as Augusto, the trio's aging leader whose cold heart begins to thaw after a chance meeting with the daughter he barely knows causes him to re-examine the life he's chosen for himself. With Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi, and Giulietta Masina (Fellini's real-life wife). 98 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Italian; Subtitles: English. In Italian with English subtitles.