... the 81-minute film contains a surprising amount of information about the two Italian-born immigrants who were tried, convicted and executed in Boston amid accusations of grave injustice.
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:3
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Suspected of communist collaboration and anarchy, Italian immigrants Bartolomeo Venzetti and Nicola Sacco become political scapegoats in a communist witch-hunt. Their situation worsens when... Suspected of communist collaboration and anarchy, Italian immigrants Bartolomeo Venzetti and Nicola Sacco become political scapegoats in a communist witch-hunt. Their situation worsens when they're accused of a murder they claim they didn't commit. Though they fight for an acquittal, Sacco and Venzetti are tried, convicted and executed. This film is based on a true story. [More]
Starring: Gian Maria Volonte, Milo O'Shea, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack
Starring: Gian Maria Volonte, Milo O'Shea, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Geoffrey Keen, William Prince
Director: Guiliano Montaldo
Director: Guiliano Montaldo
Composer: Ennio Morricone
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Reviews for Sacco and Vanzetti
... an Italian film that elects to play on our best prejudices rather than make a reasonable or eloquent plea for truth.
The trial was an insult to justice, but this 1971 film -- an Italian-U.S. production -- is an insult to the viewer's intelligence, as heavy-handed and phony as any of the right-wing propaganda of the 50s.
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