The Author's Crime

Jan 1, 1974

1h 15m

★ 4.2

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...

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Stefano Film

Cineuropa

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Cast

Milena Gottardi

Sylva Koscina

Marco Girardi

Pier Paolo Capponi

Don Lino

Luigi Pistilli

Sonia

Krista Nell

Carla Mancini

Herb Andress

Valeria Volpi Gerosi

Wilma Casagrande

Emilio Bonucci

Euro Teodori

Agostino De Simone

The waiter

Pietro Plinio Quinzi

Alfredo Cecconi

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