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The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive is a film of genre Thriller with Renzo Montagnani
The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive (1972)
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Add to a movie listL'arma l'ora il movente, internationally released as The Weapon, the Hour, & the Motive, is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Francesco Mazzei. It is the first giallo that shows a corrupt priest as victim of a crime, a plot that would become a topos of the genre.
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Don Giorgio, un jeune prêtre, vit avec deux maîtresses en même temps. Il est retrouvé mort, la gorge tranchée. Le commissaire Boito est chargé de l'enquête. Mais la tâche est difficile car son unique témoin est un gamin peu bavard. Tout se complique quand Boito tombe amoureux d'une des maîtresses du défunt, qui se trouve être aussi sa principale suspecte, alors que le tueur rôde toujours.Actors
Renzo Montagnani
(Inspector Boito)
Eva Czemerys
(Giulia Pisani)
Francesco D'Adda
(Pisani - Giulia's Husband)
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