Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. A Lebanese terrorist receives the order to kill a stockbroker, which triggers a series of blackmail and deception. A deputy commissioner and a journalist intend to shed light on all these murky matters, but the politician has no scruples and also knows how to move with extraordinary skill.
Gian Maria Volonté
Alberto Landolfi
Massimo Dapporto
Commissario Dante Morisi
Sergio Castellitto
Quinto Cecconi - il giornalista
Demetra Hampton
Kim
Paolo Malco
Bruno Lachioma
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere
Monica Guarini
Spiros Focás
Bassouri, il socio libanese
Angelica Ippolito
La signora Giuditta Guarini, critico letterario
Gianni Bonagura
Petroni, il presidente del giornale
Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. A Lebanese terrorist receives the order to kill a stockbroker, which triggers a series of blackmail and deception. A deputy commissioner and a journalist intend to shed light on all these murky matters, but the politician has no scruples and also knows how to move with extraordinary skill.
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Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
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A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.
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An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
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