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Sacco & Vanzetti(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-03-16
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206 Votes
Time: 2h 5m
The Murders that shocked the Nation. The Trial that still shakes the World.
Overview:
Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Theatre Le Rex
Jolly Film
Unidis
Movie: Sacco & Vanzetti
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Riccardo Cucciolla
Nicola Sacco
Cyril Cusack
Frederick Katzmann
Rosanna Fratello
Rosa Sacco
Geoffrey Keen
Judge Webster Thayer
Milo O'Shea
Fred Moore
William Prince
William Thompson
Claude Mann
Eddie
Edward Jewesbury
Alvan T. Fuller
Armenia Balducci
Virginia Vanzetti
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