Os Trombadinhas
| Os Trombadinhas | |
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| Directed by | Anselmo Duarte |
| Screenplay by | Anselmo Duarte Carlos Heitor Cony Pelé |
| Starring | Pelé Paulo Villaça Paulo Goulart |
Production companies | Newton Rique Empreendimentos S.A. Produções Cinematográficas R. F. Farias Ltda. |
| Distributed by | Embrafilme Ipanema Filmes |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Os Trombadinhas (lit. 'The Pickpockets') is a 1980 Brazilian crime adventure film directed by Anselmo Duarte. The screenplay was written by Carlos Heitor Cony and Pelé, who also starred as the protagonist. The film features Pelé as a Santos FC youth coach who temporarily joins the police to investigate a ring of juvenile thieves in downtown São Paulo, uncovering their exploitation by adult criminals.