The Final Scoop

Jun 10, 1994

1h 29m

★ 4.8

Overview

Marco, a television journalist, reads "red lies" on his teletext system in order to gather material on the homosexual world for a story he's working on. Unfortunately, he is implicated in a series of murders in which the victims are all gay. Marco becomes a suspect and is forced to investigate the crimes himself in order to prove his innocence.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Horror

Production Companies

Globe Films

Sagittario Film

Reteitalia

Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo

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Cast

Marco

Tomas Arana

Roberto

Gianfranco Jannuzzo

Adria

Gioia Scola

Caterina, Andrea's mother

Alida Valli

Andrea

Lorenzo Flaherty

Lucia

Natasha Hovey

Marina

Barbara Scoppa

Linda

Carolyn Spence

Jogger

Paolo Calissano

Chief Editor

Gianna Paola Scaffidi

Commissioner

Gianni Franco

Edoardo Giorni (as Enzo Saturini)

Enzo Saturni

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