Directed by:
Robert SiodmakScreenplay:
Robert BucknerCinematography:
William H. DanielsComposer:
Walter ScharfCast:
Märta Torén, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin, Vito Scotti, Marina Berti, Richard Rober, Guido Celano, Silvio Minciotti, Tito Vuolo, Erminio Spalla, Mimi AgugliaPlots(1)
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities. Chandler masterminds a black-market racket, capitalizing upon wartime shortages in Europe. He falls in love with a Contessa (Marta Toren), who is the benign patroness of the small village where he lives. Under her influence, Chandler abandons his life of crime, turns his back on the ill-gotten gains that he's already smuggled into Italy, and becomes a pillar of the community. And if you believe that, We have some land in Florida we'd like to show you. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Märta Torén
Sweden
Best movies:
Sirocco (1951)
Jeff Chandler
USA
Best movies:
The Jayhawkers (1959)
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
Two Flags West (1950)
Claude Dauphin
France
Best movies:
Grand Prix (1966)
The Story of the Fox (1930)
Mado (1976)
Vito Scotti
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Marina Berti
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Cleopatra (1963)
Richard Rober
USA
Best movies:
Call Northside 777 (1948)
The Tall Target (1951)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Guido Celano
Italy
Best movies:
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
The Great War (1959)
L'Immortelle (1963)
Silvio Minciotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Wrong Man (1956)
Marty (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Tito Vuolo
Italy
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Killing (1956)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Erminio Spalla
Italy
Best movies:
Miracle in Milan (1951)
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
Siege of Syracuse (1960)
Mimi Aguglia
Italy
Best movies:
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Unconquered (1947)