Manu the Smuggler (1948) [N/A]

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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Director:
Lucio De Caro

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