The Great Kidnapping

The Great Kidnapping

1973•1h 36m•7.0/10

Crime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(9)

In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a northern industrial town devastated by a recent wave of violence and kidnappings..

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Production

Primex Italiana

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Enrico Maria Salerno

Enrico Maria Salerno

Cardone

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Jovine

Jean Sorel

Jean Sorel

Alosi

Luciana Paluzzi

Luciana Paluzzi

Renata Boletti

Claudio Gora

Claudio Gora

Samperi

Laura Belli

Laura Belli

Laura Ponti

Gianni Bonagura

Gianni Bonagura

Zenoni

Ezio Sancrotti

Ezio Sancrotti

Catalano

Ignazio Leone

Ignazio Leone

Policeman

Ennio Balbo

Ennio Balbo

Prefetto

Franco Angrisano

Franco Angrisano

Tino Bianchi

Tino Bianchi

Enrico Osterman

Verganò

Philippe Hersent

Philippe Hersent

Riccardi

Giambattista Salerno

Massimo (as Giovan Battista Salerno)

Sergio Serafini

Sergio Serafini

Journalist

Enzo Consoli

Enzo Consoli

Remo De Angelis

Remo De Angelis

(as Remo D' Angelo)

Luigi Antonio Guerra

Luigi Antonio Guerra

Journalist

Gioacchino Maniscalco

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