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Manhunt in the City is a italien film of genre Thriller directed by Umberto Lenzi with Henry Silva
Manhunt in the City (1975)
L'uomo della strada fa giustizia
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Add to a movie listManhunt in the City (Italian: L'uomo della strada fa giustizia, literally: “The Average Man Does Justice”, also known as The Manhunt) is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi.
^ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
Synopsis
A Milan, sur la Via Monte Napoleone, le braquage d'une bijouterie tourne mal et une petite fille est tuée par un coup de feu tiré par l'un des bandits. Face à l'impuissance de la police locale dirigé par le commissaire Bertone (Raymond Pellegrin), Davide Vannucchi (Henry Silva), le père de la jeune victime, décide d'enquêter lui-même afin de se venger.Actors
Henry Silva
(David Vannucchi)
Luciana Paluzzi
(Vera Vannucchi)
Silvano Tranquilli
(Paolo Giordani)
Claudio Gora
(Attorney Ludovico Mieli)
Franco Balducci
(Alberto Pirazzini)
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