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Johnny Stecchino
Sometimes a banana is just a banana!
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Johnny Stecchino opened in theaters October 9, 1992. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.
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Cast
Roberto BenigniDante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino
Nicoletta BraschiMaria
Paolo BonacelliD'Agata
Franco VolpiMinistro
Ivano MarescottiDr. Randazzo
Turi ScaliaGiudice
Loredana RomitoGiannaCredits
- Directed by
- Roberto Benigni
- Written by
- Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
Production
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger CinematograficaItaly- Penta FilmItaly