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The Great Kidnapping is a french film of genre Crime with Enrico Maria Salerno
The Great Kidnapping (1973)
La polizia sta a guardare
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Add to a movie listThe Great Kidnapping (Italian: La polizia sta a guardare, also known as The Police Look On and Ransom! Police Is Watching) is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Roberto Infascelli.
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En Lombardie, durant les années 1970, sévissent criminalité et terrorisme, avec, notamment, de fréquents enlèvements pour rançon. Les services de police, jusque-là passifs (car corrompus), vont devoir se plier aux directives du nouveau commissaire Cardone délégué pour rétablir l'ordre. Pour soumettre cet homme intègre à leurs dictats, les criminels enlèvent son fils.Actors
Enrico Maria Salerno
(Cardone)
Lee J. Cobb
(Jovine)
Jean Sorel
(Alosi)
Luciana Paluzzi
(Renata Boletti)
Gianni Bonagura
(Zenoni)
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