The Law (1959 film)
The Law (Italian: La legge, French: La Loi and originally released in America as Where the Hot Wind Blows) is a 1959 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.[2]
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| Directed by | Jules Dassin |
| Produced by | Jacques Bar Maleno Malenotti |
| Written by | Diego Fabbri Françoise Giroud Jules Dassin |
| Based on | La Loi (1957 novel) by Roger Vailland |
| Starring | Gina Lollobrigida Yves Montand Pierre Brasseur Marcello Mastroianni |
| Music by | Roman Vlad |
| Cinematography | Otello Martelli |
| Edited by | Roger Dwyre Mario Serandrei |
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| Distributed by | MGM (USA, theatrical, 1960) |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Italy France |
| Language | English French Italian |
| Budget | FRF 450,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $1,075,000[1] |
Plot
Beautiful Marietta (Gina Lollobrigida) is a small-town girl who lives in southern Italian fishing village of Porto Manacore, a corrupt village ruled by a petty crook Matteo Brigante (Yves Montand). An engineer, Enrico Tosso (Marcello Mastroianni) comes into town to drain the marshes, and helps the villagers to take back their town.
Cast
- Gina Lollobrigida - Marietta
- Pierre Brasseur - Don Cesare
- Marcello Mastroianni - Enrico Tosso, the Engineer
- Melina Mercouri - Donna Lucrezia
- Yves Montand - Matteo Brigante
- Raf Mattioli - Francesco Brigante
- Vittorio Caprioli - Attilio, the Inspector
- Lidia Alfonsi - Giuseppina
- Gianrico Tedeschi - First Loafer
- Nino Vingelli - Pizzaccio
- Bruno Carotenuto - Balbo
- Luisa Rivelli - Elvira
- Anna Maria Bottini - Maria
- Anna Arena - Anna, Attilio's wife
- Edda Soligo - Giulia
- Joe Dassin - Nico
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $750,000 in the US and Canada and $325,000 elsewhere, resulting in a net loss to the studio of $39,000.[1]
References
- The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- "NY Times: The Law". NY Times.com. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
External links
- The Law at IMDb
- The Law at AllMovie
- The Law at the TCM Movie Database
- The Law at the American Film Institute Catalog
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