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Salvatore Laurani Movies

1972  
 
This Italian melodrama, with a dubbed English soundtrack, is an anti-abortion platform wrapped in a drama. Throughout the film, but beginning with the title sequence, the lively and engaging baby whose life might have been cut short is featured in many short scenes. The story involves two students who neglect to practice birth control and find themselves faced with the girl's pregnancy. The girl is prepared to have the baby but is under orders from her mother to have an abortion. Her boyfriend, unwilling to face the consequences of parenthood, also suggests one. The girl makes her own decision, however. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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1971  
 
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Two lawmen play a game of cat and mouse when one suspects the other of being implicated in a murder in this Italian crime drama. Lomunno (Luciano Lorcas, aka Luciano Catenacci) is a notorious underworld kingpin who, along with several of his bodyguards, is killed by LiPuma (Adolfo Lastretti), who then turns his gun on himself. An investigation reveals that LiPuma was a dangerous mental patient with a grudge against the mobster who had very recently been released from a state institution. District Attorney Traini (Franco Nero) is convinced something's not right, and he suspects that police detective Captain Buonavilla (Martin Balsam), who for years had been obsessed with taking Dubrosio off the streets, might have been responsible for LiPuma's release. Buonavilla, however, believes that sometimes justice is more important than strictly following the rules -- and he thinks Traini might have his own hidden agenda. Confessione di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica (aka Confessions Of A Police Captain) was one of four Italian features Martin Balsam would star in during the year of 1972. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Franco NeroMartin Balsam, (more)
 
1967  
 
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It is early in the 20th century, and an American traveler has come to Mexico at just the wrong time to continue living a peaceful life, for the Revolution has begun and he quickly finds himself in the thick of it. At first, he is right in the middle between government troops and the revolutionaries and bandidos as they attack a train. Later, he finds himself among the decidedly scruffy-looking revolutionaries and even finds some romantic interest in a hot-tempered girl who is among them. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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Starring:
Gian Maria VolontèLou Castel, (more)