The Payoff
1978, Italian. Directed by Sergio Corbucci.
Sasà Jovine (Nino Manfredi) is a self-styled lawyer involved in petty businesses with Neapolitan mobsters (camorristi). When one of his clients, don Michele Miletti (Paolo Stoppa) offers him a huge bribe (mazzetta) to search for his daughter who disappeared mysteriously taking with her some hot documents, Sasà finds himself trapped into a spiral of homicides.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Sergio CorbucciDirector
- Nino ManfrediSasà Iovine
- Paolo StoppaDon Michele Miletti
- Marisa LauritoLuisella
- Gennaro Di NapoliNicola Casali
- Imma PiroGiulia Miletti
- Marisa MerliniElena Miletti
- Sal BorgeseCast
- Ugo TognazziIl Commissario Assenza
- Pietro De VicoGuardiano posteggio auto
- Giacomo FuriaCast
- Lilly FuriaSignora Catelli
- Adelaida MorettiCast
Details
- Released
- 17 March 1978
- Original title
- La mazzetta
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Elvio Porta, Dino Maiuri, Attilio Veraldi
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The Payoff runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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The Payoff isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 March 1978. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Payoff, try The Con Artists, Wrong Cops, The Treasure of San Gennaro.
Who directed The Payoff?
The Payoff (1978) was directed by Sergio Corbucci and stars Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito.