Italian film director and screenwriter noted for popular comedies and detective-comedy films, including entries in the Nico Giraldi series starring Tomas Milian.

Brother of director Sergio Corbucci. Frequently collaborated with actors such as Tomas Milian and worked in popular Italian comedy and crime-comedy cinema.

Three DeBaser reviews cover Bruno Corbucci's work, highlighting his popular comedies and detective pastiches. Critics alternate between affectionate appreciation of certain sequences and skepticism about the films' artistic stature. Recurring subjects include the Nico Giraldi films, adaptations of popular literature, and the interplay between comedy and genre.

For:Readers interested in classic Italian comedies, crime-comedy hybrids and film adaptations of popular Italian fiction.

 "Delitto In Formula 1" ('84) is the penultimate film in which Thomas Milian plays the role of inspector Nico Giraldi, the protagonist of a series of comedies with a vaguely detective theme, acted from the mid-70s.

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 Among this select elite, the cinematic work "La Casa Stregata" by Bruno Corbucci stands as a prominent representative.

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 Given these premises and the popular and appealing style of Secchi's novels, it was natural that cinema would take notice of Riccardo Finzi, producing, in the late '70s, a film based on the first novel by the Milanese writer, "Agenzia Investigativa," and assigning the role of the protagonist to the then-star of Italian comedy Renato Pozzetto, with the excellent Enzo Cannavale as Ciammarica and the well-cast Adriana Facchetti as the housekeeper Pina, directed by the unforgettable Bruno Corbucci.

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