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Featuring:
Serge Reggiani, Adriana Benetti, Elsa De Giorgi
Written by:
André Cayatte
Giuditta Cecchi
Louis Chavance
Directed by:
Lucio De Caro
Release Date:
June 19, 1948
Original Title:
Manù il contrabbandiere
Production Companies:
Flaminia Produzioni Cinematografiche
Gladiator Film
Régina
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
Manu unwittingly accompanies a fugitive conman across the French border into Italy. Agreeing to meet later, the conman doesn't arrive at the arranged meeting point and is then discovered dead, with Manu the prime suspect.
Manuel Ambrosini, detto Manù, vive nell'Alta Savoia ai confini con l'Italia e fa il contrabbandiere. E' amato da Tina, sua compagna fin dall'infanzia, ma lui ha grandi progetti: andare a Parigi o in America. Un giorno gli si presenta Claudio Geraudy per attraversare la frontiera. Claudio è un finanziere di Parigi in fuga dopo aver truffato una serie di piccoli risparmiatori ed ha con sè molto denaro e le matrici di assegni che potrebbero coinvolgere nella truffa molte alte autorità francesi. Florence, sua moglie è la beneficiaria di un'assicurazione sulla sua vita e lo spinge al suicidio, salvo poi scoprire che l'assicurazione non paga in caso di suicidio. Anche l'ispettore Nansen è coinvolto nella truffa e cerca di recuperare le matrici degli assegni. Quale miglior colpevole per un omicidio di Manù?
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