The Good Thief
1980, Italian. Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.
Caleb, "son of nobody" (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus' day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. When he witnesses Jesus turning water into wine, he thinks he's found a competitor. So Caleb goes on, convinced that Jesus is a fake just as he is, always trying to figure out his tricks. In the meantime, he gets involved with a prostitute (played by Edwige Fenech), but also with the wife of a Roman patrician (played by the equally alluring Bernadette Lafont), he steals a few goats and cons a few people, he befriends a lovable dog and gets in trouble with some Roman soldiers.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Pasquale Festa CampanileDirector
- Enrico MontesanoCaleb
- Edwige FenechDebora
- Bernadette LafontAppula
- Claudio CassinelliGesù
- Enzo RobuttiCenturion
- Daniele VargasRufo
- Sara FranchettiMaddalena
- Stefania D'AmarioRachele, wife of Batuele
- Jamil JoudiBatuele
- Zuzana MartinkováMarta
- Anna OrsoMaria
- Marcella PetrelliProstitute
Details
- Released
- 1 February 1980
- Original title
- Il ladrone
- Country
- France, Italy
- Written by
- Renato Ghiotto, Ottavio Jemma, Santino Spartà
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The Good Thief runs 108 minutes (1h 48m).
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The Good Thief isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 February 1980. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Good Thief?
The Good Thief (1980) was directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and stars Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Bernadette Lafont.