The Great Kidnapping

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The Great Kidnapping
La polizia sta a guardare.jpg
Directed by Roberto Infascelli
Starring Enrico Maria Salerno
CinematographyRiccardo Pallottini
Edited by Roberto Perpignani
Music by Stelvio Cipriani
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
LanguageItalian

The Great Kidnapping (Italian : La polizia sta a guardare, also known as The Police Look On and Ransom! Police Is Watching) is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Roberto Infascelli. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "L'industria dei rapimenti". La Stampa . 5 December 1973. p. 7.
  2. ↑ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. pp. 108–109.


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