The Author's Crime

The Author's Crime

1974 · 75 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama, Thriller, Horror

Against the wishes of her Aunt Valeria, attractive Milena travels to Milan in order to secretly marry Marco Giraldi. Three years later, Milena returns to her hometown Fermo, where her husband's shoe business is in financial difficulties. Shortly afterwards, she is abducted, a valuable painting is stolen and Aunt Valeriais murdered. Two young villains, who carried out the dirty work, are then killed...

Directed by Mario Sabatini · Written by Mario Sabatini

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Sylva Koscina Milena Gottardi
Pier Paolo Capponi Marco Girardi
Luigi Pistilli Don Lino
Krista Nell Sonia
Carla Mancini
Herb Andress
Wilma Casagrande Valeria Volpi Gerosi
Emilio Bonucci
Euro Teodori
Agostino De Simone
Pietro Plinio Quinzi The waiter
Alfredo Cecconi

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