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Italian cinema: Crime/Thriller

A ciascuno il suo (1967)
Elio Petri

In a small Sicilian town a pharmacist named Manno begins receiving anonymous letters threatening him with death. Because Manno has something of a reputation as a Don Juan no one takes the death threats seriously, until he is shot dead, along with his friend Roscio, during a hunting trip...   [More...]

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...   [More...]

Borsalino (1970)
Jacques Deray

Marseille, 1930. After completing a six month stretch in prison, Roch Siffredi returns to his girlfriend to find her in the company of another man, François Capella...   [More...]

Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)
Francesco Rosi

Investigating the murder of two important magistrates, Varga and Sanza, in a small town in the south of Italy, Inspector Rogas soon has good reason to belief that the two crimes are connected...   [More...]

Classe tous risques (1960)
Claude Sautet

Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons...   [More...]

I Guappi (1974)
Pasquale Squitieri

In 1891, Nicola Bellizzi arrives in Naples with ambitions of becoming a lawyer but his plans change when his path crosses that of the feared racketeer Don Gaetano Frungillo...   [More...]

I'm Not Scared (2003)
Gabriele Salvatores

In 1978, 10-year-old Michele Amitrano lives with his impoverished family in a small town in Southern Italy. The acres of wheat fields in the surrounding countryside provide a happy playground for Michele and his gang...   [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...   [More...]

Plein soleil (1960)
René Clément

An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business...   [More...]

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