Four Ways Out
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Directed by | Pietro Germi |
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Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
Edited by | Rolando Benedetti |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
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Distributed by | Variety Films |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Four Ways Out (Italian: La città si difende) is a 1951 Italian crime film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini and Cosetta Greco.[1] The film won the award for Best Italian Film at the 1951 Venice Film Festival.[2]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location around Rome.
Synopsis[]
The four main characters rob a stadium ticket booth during a football match, afterwards dividing the spoils and splitting. The film follows their efforts to evade the police, complicated by the fact they are not professional criminals.
Cast[]
- Gina Lollobrigida as Daniela
- Renato Baldini as Paolo
- Cosetta Greco as Lina
- Paul Muller as Guido
- as Alberto
- Fausto Tozzi as Luigi
- Tamara Lees as Tamara
- Emma Baron as Alberto's Mother
- Ferdinando Lattanzi as Alberto's Father
References[]
- ^ Curti p. 5
- ^ "La Città si difende". Allmovie. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
Bibliography[]
- Roberto Curti. Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. McFarland, 2013.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1951 films
- Italian-language films
- 1951 crime drama films
- Italian heist films
- Films set in Rome
- Italian films
- Films directed by Pietro Germi
- Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
- 1950s heist films
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- Italian crime drama films
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1950s Italian film stubs
- Crime drama film stubs