- Country: Italy
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 1963-09-25
- Director: Vittorio De Sica
- Writers: Cesare Zavattini
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Alberto Sordi , Gianna Maria Canale , Elena Nicolai , Ettore Geri , Mariolina Bovo , Gloria Cervi , Sandra Verani , Sandro Merli , Antonio Mambretti , Alceo Barnabei
- Runtime: 88 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Boom , Negócio a Italiana (Brazil) , El especulador (Chile) , Boom (Poland) , The Boom (United Kingdom) , Il boom (Italy) , Il boom , Szemet szemért (Hungary) , Бум , Högkonjuktur (Sweden) , The Boom (United States of America) , Negócio à Italiana (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , El especulador (Spain)Boom (Poland), El especulador (Chile), El especulador (Spain), Negócio à Italiana (Portugal), Szemet szemért (Hungary), The Boom (English), 繁荣 (China)
- Plot:
Sweet-sour comedy on Italy’s 1950s rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife’s craving for luxury and a “respectable life” so he becomes heavily indebted. In desperation he agrees to sell a precious part of his body for a large sum of money. But just before the crucial operation he panics…
- IMDB:tt0056883
Il boom Cast · · · ALL
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Alberto Sordi
Giovanni Alberti
Gianna Maria Canale
Silvia Alberti
Ettore Geri
Mr. Bausetti
Elena Nicolai
Mrs. Bausetti
Mariolina Bovo
Mrs. Faravalli
Sandro Merli
Dronazzi
Maria Grazia Buccella
John Karlsen
Alfio Vita