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The Author's Crime(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-01-01
38%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 15m
Overview:
Against the wishes of her Aunt Valeria, attractive Milena travels to Milan in order to secretly marry Marco Giraldi. Three years later, Milena returns to her hometown Fermo, where her husband's shoe business is in financial difficulties. Shortly afterwards, she is abducted, a valuable painting is stolen and Aunt Valeriais murdered. Two young villains, who carried out the dirty work, are then killed...
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Stefano Film
Cineuropa
Movie: The Author's Crime
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sylva Koscina
Milena Gottardi
Pier Paolo Capponi
Marco Girardi
Luigi Pistilli
Don Lino
Krista Nell
Sonia
Carla Mancini
Herb Andress
Wilma Casagrande
Valeria Volpi Gerosi
Emilio Bonucci
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Against the wishes of her Aunt Valeria, attractive Milena travels to Milan in order to secretly marry Marco Giraldi. Three years later, Milena returns to her hometown Fermo, where her husband's shoe business is in financial difficulties. Shortly afterwards, she is abducted, a valuable painting is stolen and Aunt Valeriais murdered. Two young villains, who carried out the dirty work, are then killed...
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1974-01-01
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