I Kiss the Hand
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| Directed by | Vittorio Schiraldi |
| Written by | Vittorio Schiraldi |
| Produced by | Arcangelo Picchi |
| Starring | Arthur Kennedy John Saxon Agostina Belli |
| Cinematography | Marcello Gatti |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Music by | Enrico Simonetti |
| Distributed by | Cannon Films |
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| Language | Italian |
I Kiss the Hand (Italian: Baciamo le mani, also known as Family Killer) is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Vittorio Schiraldi and starring Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon and Agostina Belli. It is based on a novel by the same Vittorio Schiraldi, a writer and journalist at his film debut.[1][2]
Plot[edit]
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Cast[edit]
- Arthur Kennedy as Don Angelino Ferrante
- John Saxon as Gaspare Ardizzone
- Agostina Belli as Mariuccia
- Pino Colizzi as Masino D'Amico
- Spiros Focás as Luca Ferrante
- Paolo Turco as Massimo Ferrante
- Marino Masé as Luciano Ferrante
- Corrado Gaipa as Don Emilio Grisanti
- Giuseppe Addobbati as Nicola D'Amico
- Joshua Sinclair as Stefano Ferrante
- Daniele Vargas as Don Santino Billeci
- Accursio Di Leo as Pietro Corazza
- Jane Avril as Prostitute
- Massimo Sarchielli as Totò Grisanti
- Tino Bianchi as Pietrino Gambara
Reception[edit]
Film critic Roberto Curti referred to the film as "a turgid, verbose and violent melodrama", in which the "only memorable asset is John Saxon’s over-the-top performance".[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
- ^ a b Roberto Curti (22 October 2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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