I Kiss the Hand
Appearance
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I Kiss the Hand | |
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Directed by | Vittorio Schiraldi |
Written by | Vittorio Schiraldi |
Produced by | Arcangelo Picchi |
Starring | Arthur Kennedy John Saxon Agostina Belli |
Cinematography | Marcello Gatti |
Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
Music by | Enrico Simonetti |
Distributed by | Cannon Films |
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Language | Italian |
I Kiss the Hand (Italian: Baciamo le mani, also known as Family Killer) is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Vittorio Schiraldi and starring Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon and Agostina Belli. It is based on a novel by the same Vittorio Schiraldi, a writer and journalist at his film debut.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]![]() | This article needs a plot summary. (August 2015) |
Cast
[edit]- Arthur Kennedy as Don Angelino Ferrante
- John Saxon as Gaspare Ardizzone
- Agostina Belli as Mariuccia
- Pino Colizzi as Masino D'Amico
- Spiros Focás as Luca Ferrante
- Paolo Turco as Massimo Ferrante
- Marino Masé as Luciano Ferrante
- Corrado Gaipa as Don Emilio Grisanti
- Giuseppe Addobbati as Nicola D'Amico
- Joshua Sinclair as Stefano Ferrante
- Daniele Vargas as Don Santino Billeci
- Accursio Di Leo as Pietro Corazza
- Jane Avril as Prostitute
- Massimo Sarchielli as Totò Grisanti
- Tino Bianchi as Pietrino Gambara
Reception
[edit]Film critic Roberto Curti referred to the film as "a turgid, verbose and violent melodrama", in which the "only memorable asset is John Saxon’s over-the-top performance".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
- ^ a b Roberto Curti (22 October 2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
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