A Man on His Knees

Apr 13, 1979

1h 46m

★ 6.4

Overview

Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find out who has sent the killers and stop them before it's too late.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Rizzoli Film

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Cast

Nino Peralta

Giuliano Gemma

Lucia Peralta

Eleonora Giorgi

Antonio Platamona

Michele Placido

Sebastiano Colicchia

Tano Cimarosa

Vincenzo Fabbricante

Ettore Manni

Patranca

Nello Pazzafini

il figlio di Patranca

Fabrizio Forte

il commissario

Luciano Catenacci

un malvivente

Giampaolo Saccarola

un pentito, ex uomo di fiducia di Fabbricante

Andrea Aureli

il figlio del pentito

Rodolfo Bigotti

la consorte del pentito

Lina Franchi

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