A 1991 Comedy co-written and directed by Roberto Benigni that has a kind idiot (Benigni) being mistaken for a snitch (also Benigni) and soon finding himself in trouble.
The movie also stars Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Volpi, Ivano Marescotti, Tony Sperandeo, and Salvatore Borghese.
It was released on October 24, 1991.
Tropes for the film:
- Character Title: Johnny Stecchino.
- Criminal Doppelgänger: Bus driver Dante (Benigni) gets miskten for a look-alike gangster, the titular Johnny Stecchino (also Benigni). In this case, though, Dante is deliberately lured to Johnny's hometown to take the fall for him.
- Identical Stranger: This trope is one of the plot points.
- Mirror Routine: Dante and Johnny (Benigni) do a quick mirror routine.
- Tagline: "Sometimes a banana is just a banana!".
- Translation Convention: The english subtitles cover the entire movie, including one scene where Dante is trying to convince the hotel staff he's an American tourist by speaking in broken English.
