Stormbound

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Stormbound
Stormbound.jpg
Directed by Luigi Capuano
Written by Domenico Meccoli
Fulvio Palmieri
Corrado Pavolini
Story by Luigi Capuano
Produced by William J. O'Sullivan
Aldo Raciti
Starring Constance Dowling
Andrea Checchi
Aldo Silvani
Cinematography Gábor Pogány
Edited by Robert M. Leeds
Music by Alessandro Cicognini
Production
company
Major Film
Distributed byCEI Film
Release date
  • 30 August 1950 (1950-08-30)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Stormbound (Italian: La Strada finisce sul fiume) is a 1950 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Constance Dowling, Andrea Checchi and Aldo Silvani. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It earned 64 million lire at the box office. [2]

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Synopsis

Barbara, an American journalist, travels to Italy to interview outlaw Rol with whom she falls in love.

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References

  1. Curti p.47
  2. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 p.349

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