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Italian cinema: Crime/Thriller

Beat the Devil (1953)

John Huston

Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work. Here, they meet an eccentric English couple, Harry and Gwendolen Chelm, and a strange foursome led by a man named Peterson. It gradually becomes apparent that they all have one thing in common – to secure the rights to land that is reputed to be rich in uranium ore... [More...]

Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)

Francesco Rosi

When a state prosecutor is assassinated in a provincial town, Inspector Rogas is assigned to track down the killer. After two further murders, both victims being prominent magistrates, the likely suspect emerges: a pharmacist who was wrongly convicted of trying to kill his wife. Rogas investigation then takes a bizarre turn and he finds himself being directed toward extreme political groups... [More...]

Ossessione (1943)

Luchino Visconti

Gino Costa, an itinerant labourer, arrives at a roadside café-cum-petrol station. The owner, Giuseppe Bragana, offers him temporary work, which he accepts – because he is attracted to his employer’s wife, Giovanna. Repulsed by her much older husband, Giovanna is ready to take Gino as her lover... [More...]

Les Rivières pourpres II – Les anges de l’apocalypse (2004)

Olivier Dahan

In a monastery in Lorraine, a monk is nailing a crucifix onto a stone wall when blood begins to flow..... Behind the wall, the body of a dead man is found. Investigating the case, Commissaire Pierre Niemans suspects this may not be an ordinary murder. He is right. A young police captain Reda has just prevented the killing of a man resembling Jesus Christ... [More...]

Tony Arzenta (1973)

Duccio Tessari

Tony Arzenta is more than just a regular hit-man. He is one of the Mafia’s most prized professional killers, valued for his skill, his courage and his unswerving loyalty. But one day Tony decides he has had enough. He wants to start a new life, to spend more time with the wife he loves and the son he adores... [More...]

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