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Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
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Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

1972-04-15 · 85 min · ★ 7.2

Thriller

Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a murder being feebly staged to look like a car accident. Carlo takes incriminating shots of the murderers (the victim turns out to be the local public prosecutor) and attempts to sell them to various interested parties, including a gangster and a newspaper owner. One of the murderers' accomplices, a lowlife criminal, is gunned down by a black-gloved assassin, while another is stabbed to death...

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Directors
Giuseppe Vari
Production companies
Castor Films, Ital-Victoria Films
Countries
Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lou CastelLou CastelCarlo
Beba LončarBeba LončarOlga
Adolfo CeliAdolfo CeliInspector Vezzi
Massimo SeratoMassimo SeratoUncle Fifi
Umberto D'OrsiUmberto D'OrsiRomano, Don Salvatore's lawyer
Renato BaldiniRenato BaldiniMarshal Notarantonio
Consalvo Dell'ArtiConsalvo Dell'ArtiSuperintendent Portella
Antonio La RainaAntonio La RainaMauri
Carlo LandaRoversi
Carla ManciniCarla ManciniNightclub Employee
Renato MalavasiRenato MalavasiVicenzino Rocca
Fortunato ArenaFortunato ArenaDon Salvatore Aniello
Domenico MaggioGarrù
Alfredo AdamiAlfredo AdamiThe cashier (uncredited)
Ricciotti AlbaneseNewsstand employee (uncredited)
Sisto BrunettiSisto BrunettiPoliceman (uncredited)
Claudio MorabitoClaudio MorabitoDoctor (uncredited)
Riccardo PetrazziRiccardo PetrazziDon Salvatore's Thug (uncredited)
Goffredo UngerGoffredo UngerDon Salvatore's Thug (uncredited)

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