The Warning (1980 film)

The Warning
The Warning
Directed by	Damiano Damiani
Written by	Damiano Damiani; Nicola Badalucco; ; ;
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Giuliano Gemma; Martin Balsam; ; ;
Cinematography	Alfio Contini
Edited by	Antonio Siciliano
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production; company	Capital Film
Distributed by	Cineriz
Release date	August 15, 1980 (Italy);
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.011 billion

The Warning (Italian: L'avvertimento) is a 1980 Italian crime-giallo film directed by Damiano Damiani.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot[]

The story takes place in Rome, Italy. During a delicate investigation into various personalities of the upper business and banking world, colluding with organized crime, the chief commissioner Vincenzo Laganà is killed in his office for not accepting a bribe of 200 million. Meanwhile, Commissioner Barresi is about to resign, after having found 100 million credited to his bank account and having received a phone call from unknown persons who clarify how he will have to behave during the investigation that will follow the assassination of Laganà.

After having followed the assassins in vain, Barresi makes an agreement with the commissioner to resolve the case. Silvia, Laganà's widow, is blackmailed by a woman who says she has proof that the deceased commissioner was a corrupt man: the blackmailers are arrested, however.

Barresi then questions Silvia and discovers that she had appropriated the bribe offered to her husband to bribe him, and manages to save her just a moment before the woman tries to commit suicide, desperate. At this point, Commissioner Barresi decides to play all out and go through with his investigation.

Cast[]

Giuliano Gemma as Commissioner Antonio Baresi
Martin Balsam as Quaestor Martorana
John Karlsen as Ferdinando Violante
Guido Leontini as Gianfranco Puma
Laura Trotter as Silvia Laganà
Giancarlo Zanetti as Prizzi
Marcello Mandò as Pastore
Geoffrey Copleston as Prosecutor Vesce
Vincent Gentile as Ludovico Vella
Elio Marconato as Nicola Vella

Release[]

The Warning was released in Italy on August 15, 1980 where it was distributed by Cineriz.^[1] It grossed a total of 1.011 billion Italian lire on its theatrical run.^[1]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2013, p. 280.
^ Alberto Pezzotta (2004). Regia Damiano Damiani. Cinemazero, 2004. ISBN 8890121823.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
^ Stefano Reggiani (12 September 1980). "Giallo mafioso di Damiani con Gemma commissario". La Stampa. p. 19.

References[]

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links[]

The Warning at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013280-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2013, p. 280.

[2] Alberto Pezzotta (2004). Regia Damiano Damiani. Cinemazero, 2004. ISBN 8890121823.

[80-89_a-l-3] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.

[4] Stefano Reggiani (12 September 1980). "Giallo mafioso di Damiani con Gemma commissario". La Stampa. p. 19.

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