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A Man on His Knees
A Man on His Knees

A Man on His Knees

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Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find out who has sent the killers and stop them before it's too late.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

106 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

13 April 1979

Country

Italy

Cast

Giuliano Gemma

Giuliano Gemma

Nino Peralta

Eleonora Giorgi

Eleonora Giorgi

Lucia Peralta

Michele Placido

Michele Placido

Antonio Platamona

Tano Cimarosa

Tano Cimarosa

Sebastiano Colicchia

Ettore Manni

Ettore Manni

Vincenzo Fabbricante

Nello Pazzafini

Nello Pazzafini

Patranca

Fabrizio Forte

Fabrizio Forte

il figlio di Patranca

Luciano Catenacci

Luciano Catenacci

il commissario

Giampaolo Saccarola

Giampaolo Saccarola

un malvivente

Andrea Aureli

Andrea Aureli

un pentito, ex uomo di fiducia di Fabbricante

Rodolfo Bigotti

Rodolfo Bigotti

il figlio del pentito

Lina Franchi

Lina Franchi

la consorte del pentito

Nazzareno Zamperla

Nazzareno Zamperla

Giovanni Giancono

Giovanni Giancono

Francesca De Mattia

Francesca De Mattia

Eolo Capritti

Eolo Capritti

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

Fabrizio Jovine

Fabrizio Jovine

Norbert Losch

Norbert Losch

Pippo Agusta

Pippo Agusta

Armando Zappi

Armando Zappi

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