Swindle and The Swindlers are both English-language titles for 1955s Il Bidone, a lesser-known effort from Federico Fellini. Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, and Franco Fabrizi play a trio of con artists who victimize the Italian bourgeoisie (who are shown to be no better than the crooks). Giueletta Masina (Fellinis wife), who had previously costarred with Richard Basehart in La Strada, here plays Baseharts wife. Humphrey Bogart had been intended for the role played by Broderick Crawford; one wonders how Crawfords self-deprecating curtain speech about the hollowness of his existence would have played in Bogarts hands. Swindle was not released to the US until nine years after its completion.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide