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Sacco & Vanzetti

OVID Exclusives • 2h 4m

Directed by Giuliano Montaldo • Drama • With Gian Maria Volonte, Riccardo Cucciolla, Milo O'Shea, Cyril Cusack, William Prince, Geoffrey Keen, Claude Mann • 1971 • 121 minutes

Riccardo Cucciolla (Un Flic, Borsalino & Co.) and Gian Maria Volontè (A Fistful of Dollars, Lucky Luciano) are Sacco & Vanzetti, subjects of one of the most infamous trials of the twentieth century. Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, known for their anarchist beliefs, stand accused of robbery and murder. Their political leanings are used as evidence against them, but defense attorney Fred Moore (Milo O’Shea, The Verdict) is convinced of their innocence. As anti-immigrant and anti-radical sentiments run high, one of the most polarizing trials in U.S. history unfolds in this riveting docudrama from director Giuliano Montaldo (Grand Slam). The musical score was composed and conducted by the great Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) featuring folk music legend Joan Baez. The top-notch cast also includes Cyril Cusack (Fahrenheit 451), Geoffrey Keen (The Spy Who Loved Me), William Prince (Cyrano de Bergerac) and Claude Mann (Army of Shadows).

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1920, 20th century, american studies, americas, anarchism, anarchist, boston, criminal justice, doc, documentary, expository, famous trial, history, history of law, immigration and refugees, italian immigrants, kino lorber, law and legal studies, legal history, murder, narrative, narrative_genre, ovid, robbery, sacco & vanzetti, social issues, sociss, the, united states, world regions

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