Million Dollar Eel
1971, Italian. Directed by Salvatore Samperi.
An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Salvatore SamperiDirector
- Ottavia PiccoloMargherita 'Tina' Tellini
- Lino ToffoloGiovanni Boscolo 'Bissa'
- Rodolfo BaldiniLino
- Mario AdorfNane Mora - the Guardiapesca
- Senta BergerCountess Spodani
- Gabriele FerzettiVasco
- Franco MarlettaVerzini
- Daniele DublinoPriest
- Ricky GiancoBarman
- Sergio CescaInspector Cesca
- Carla ManciniTinas Class Companion
- Luciano SpadoniCast
Details
- Released
- 6 May 1971
- Original title
- Un'anguilla da 300 milioni
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Aldo Lado, Salvatore Samperi
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Million Dollar Eel runs 109 minutes (1h 49m).
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Which OTT platform is Million Dollar Eel on?
Million Dollar Eel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 May 1971. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
What movies are like Million Dollar Eel?
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Who directed Million Dollar Eel?
Million Dollar Eel (1971) was directed by Salvatore Samperi and stars Ottavia Piccolo, Lino Toffolo, Rodolfo Baldini.