Sacco & Vanzetti

Mar 16, 1971

2h 5m

★ 7.6

The Murders that shocked the Nation. The Trial that still shakes the World.

Overview

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Theatre Le Rex

Jolly Film

Unidis

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Cast

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Gian Maria Volonté

Nicola Sacco

Riccardo Cucciolla

Frederick Katzmann

Cyril Cusack

Rosa Sacco

Rosanna Fratello

Judge Webster Thayer

Geoffrey Keen

Fred Moore

Milo O’Shea

William Thompson

William Prince

Eddie

Claude Mann

Alvan T. Fuller

Edward Jewesbury

Virginia Vanzetti

Armenia Balducci

Celestino Madeiros

Valentino Orfeo

Defense Committee member

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