The Crossroads (1951 film)
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Directed by | Fernando Cerchio |
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Cinematography | Renato Del Frate |
Edited by | Rolando Benedetti |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
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Distributed by | Regionale |
Release date | 19 March 1951 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Crossroads or The Junction (Italian: Il bivio) is a 1951 Italian crime film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Raf Vallone, Charles Vanel and Claudine Dupuis.[1] A criminal infiltrates the police to assist his gang, but begins to have a change of heart when he enjoys his new job.
The film's sets were designed by .
Plot[]
Italy, 1950s. Aldo Marchi (Raf Vallone), already decorated during the war and later became the leader of a dangerous criminal gang of thieves, managed to get into the police flying squad of Turin with the aim to safely direct the robbery of the companions
Cast[]
- Raf Vallone as Aldo Marchi
- Charles Vanel as Lubiani
- Claudine Dupuis as Giovanna
- Saro Urzì as Il brigadiere Carmelo Carlin
- Carlo Sposito as Il vice-commissario Sani
- Gianni Rizzo as Beppe detto il Curato
- Natale Cirino as Aldrighi
- as L'Americano
- as Bergomi
- as Gino
- Franco Balducci
- as Mario Boresi detto il Bello
- as Un vice-commissario
- Piero Pastore as De Vecchi
- Alberto Collo
- Michel Lemoine
References[]
- ^ Curti p.5
Bibliography[]
- Roberto Curti. Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. McFarland, 2013.
External links[]
Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1951 crime films
- Italian crime films
- 1951 films
- Italian films
- Films directed by Fernando Cerchio
- Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
- Films set in Turin
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1950s Italian film stubs