It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (film)

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Directed by Alessandro Benvenuti
Written byAlessandro Benvenuti
Produced byAlfredo Nicolai
Starring Alessandro Benvenuti
Athina Cenci
Daniele Trambusti
CinematographyCristiano Pogany
Edited by Franco Fraticelli
Music byPatrizio Fariselli
Distributed by Istituto Luce
Release date
  • September 5, 1985 (1985-09-05)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (Italian: Era una notte buia e tempestosa...) is a 1985 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Era una notte buia e tempestosa (1985)". BFI. Archived from the original on July 7, 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi (2000). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film (in Italian). Vol. 5. Rome: Gremese Editore. p. 235. ISBN   9788877424235.