Os Trombadinhas

Os Trombadinhas
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnselmo Duarte
Screenplay byAnselmo Duarte
Carlos Heitor Cony
Pelé
StarringPelé
Paulo Villaça
Paulo Goulart
Production
companies
Newton Rique Empreendimentos S.A.
Produções Cinematográficas R. F. Farias Ltda.
Distributed byEmbrafilme
Ipanema Filmes
Release date
  • 18 February 1980 (1980-02-18)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

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.