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Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

Genres

Thriller

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Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a murder being feebly staged to look like a car accident. Carlo takes incriminating shots of the murderers (the victim turns out to be the local public prosecutor) and attempts to sell them to various interested parties, including a gangster and a newspaper owner. One of the murderers' accomplices, a lowlife criminal, is gunned down by a black-gloved assassin, while another is stabbed to death...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

15 April 1972

Country

Italy

Cast

Lou Castel

Lou Castel

Carlo

Beba Lončar

Beba Lončar

Olga

Adolfo Celi

Adolfo Celi

Inspector Vezzi

Massimo Serato

Massimo Serato

Uncle Fifi

Umberto D'Orsi

Umberto D'Orsi

Romano, Don Salvatore's lawyer

Renato Baldini

Renato Baldini

Marshal Notarantonio

Consalvo Dell'Arti

Consalvo Dell'Arti

Superintendent Portella

Antonio La Raina

Antonio La Raina

Mauri

Carlo Landa

Carlo Landa

Roversi

Carla Mancini

Carla Mancini

Nightclub Employee

Renato Malavasi

Renato Malavasi

Vicenzino Rocca

Fortunato Arena

Fortunato Arena

Don Salvatore Aniello

Domenico Maggio

Domenico Maggio

Garrù

Alfredo Adami

Alfredo Adami

The cashier (uncredited)

Ricciotti Albanese

Ricciotti Albanese

Newsstand employee (uncredited)

Sisto Brunetti

Sisto Brunetti

Policeman (uncredited)

Claudio Morabito

Claudio Morabito

Doctor (uncredited)

Riccardo Petrazzi

Riccardo Petrazzi

Don Salvatore's Thug (uncredited)

Goffredo Unger

Goffredo Unger

Don Salvatore's Thug (uncredited)

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