The Bandit (Italian: Il Bandito) is a 1946 Italian drama crime film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Anna Magnani, Amedeo Nazzari and Carla Del Poggio.

The city where Ernesto (played by Nazzari) lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.

After finding a lost purse and meeting the dangerously seductive Lidia (played by Anna Magnani), Ernesto discovers the whereabouts of his lost sister (played by Carla del Poggio), who has turned to prostitution to survive during the war years.

He unwittingly causes her death, kills her pimp, escapes capture with Lidia's help and joins her gangster band.

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