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Silence the Witness is a film of genre Drama with Bekim Fehmiu
Silence the Witness (1974)
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Add to a movie listSilence the Witness (Italian: Il testimone deve tacere) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film written and directed by Giuseppe Rosati.
Actors
Bekim Fehmiu
(Il dottor Giorgio Sironi)
Rosanna Schiaffino
(Luisa Sironi)
Aldo Giuffrè
(Il commissario Santi)
Romolo Valli
(Il ministro)
Elio Zamuto
(Il giudice Belli)
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