Closed Circuit (1978)
At the local cinema, an audience watches a Spaghetti Western matinee. During the film's on-screen climactic duel, a bullet is fired into a patron. With no leads and a theater full of suspects, police investigators lock the doors, put everyone back in their seats, and run the movie again. But will this shot in the dark reveal the real killer?
Director:
Giuliano Montaldo
Writers:
Nicola Badalucco, Mario Gallo, Giuliano Montaldo.
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Flavio Bucci as Il sociologo |
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Aurore Clément as Giovane signora |
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Tony Kendall as Roberto Vinci |
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Ettore Manni as Questore |
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Giuliano Gemma as Il pistolero |
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Brizio Montinaro as Commissario |
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Loris Bazzocchi as Agente in borghese |
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William Berger as 2° pistolero |
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Luciano Catenacci as Vice Questore |
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Alfredo Pea as Garzone |
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Gabriele Tozzi as Controllore |
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Angela Serraino as Ragazza bionda |
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Elisabetta Virgili as Adolescente |
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Maria Pia Attanasio as Vecchia signora |
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Micaela Pignatelli as Accompagnatrice |
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Laura D'Angelo as Maschera al cinema |
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Giovanni Di Benedetto as Nonno |
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Umberto Gradi as Bambino |
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Mattia Sbragia as Adolescente |
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Giorgio Cerioni as Duro #1 |
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Franco Balducci as Duro #2 |
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Guerrino Crivello as Piccoletto |
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Agla Marsili as Cassiera |
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Franco Mazzieri as Barista |
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Enzo Spitaleri as Signore alto e solitario |
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Attilio Duse as Direttore del cinema |
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Annabella Andreoli as Spettatrice |
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Antonio Bonifacio as Giovane bruno |
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Luciano Rossi as Assistente proiezionista |
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Luigi Uzzo as Fumatore |
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Sergio Doria as Giovane signore |
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Mario Cecchi as Uomo in grigio |
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Marzio Honorato as Regista |
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Gino Usai as Poliziotto |
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Gianni Ottaviani as Magistrato |
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Michela Martini as Ragazza controllore |
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Dina Sassoli as Padrona pensione |
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Pino Lorin as Giornalista |
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Conchita Airoldi as Giornalista |
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Gennarino Pappagalli as Colonnello SID |
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Bruno Di Geronimo as Produttore |
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Irene Bignardi as Intervistatrice |
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Federico Neri as (voice) (uncredited) |
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Maria Tedeschi as Elderly Audience Member |
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Alessandro Tedeschi as Elderly Audience Member |
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Benito Stefanelli as Rick (archive footage) |
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Bruno Romagnoli as Photographer |
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Vittorio Ripamonti as Audience Member |
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Vezio Natili as Audience Member with Glasses |
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Giuseppe Marrocco as Audience Member |
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Giuseppe Marcocu as Audience Member |
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Augusta Di Vincenzi as Audience Member |
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Anthony Dawson as Samuel Pratt (archive footage) |
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Massimo Ciprari as Man in Crowd |
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Federico Boido as Roger Pratt (archive footage) |
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Mario Adorf as Harry (archive footage) |
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Paolo Passanisi as Young Lady's Husband |
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Renato Ranieri as Journalist |
| Writing | Nicola Badalucco | Screenplay |
| Production | Mario Gallo | Producer |
| Directing | Giuliano Montaldo | Director |
| Directing | Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani | Co-Director |
| Directing | Vera Pescarolo | Co-Director |
| Writing | Nicola Badalucco | Story |
| Writing | Mario Gallo | Story |
| Writing | Mario Gallo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giuliano Montaldo | Screenplay |
| Art | Giorgio Luppi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enrico Sabbatini | Costume Design |
| Editing | Olga Pedrini | Editor |
| Camera | Giuseppe Pinori | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Egisto Macchi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Gioachino Scomegna | Conductor |
| Production | Enzo Giulioli | Line Producer |
| Production | Adriano Di Lorenzo | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Angelo Trombetta | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gilda Atella | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Roberto Lombardi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Luigi Barnardini | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Bruno Ricci | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Franco Borni | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cesare Paciotti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lamberta Baldacci | Seamstress |
| Camera | Giancarlo Serravalli | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Ennio Di Stefano | Gaffer |
| Sound | Adriano Taloni | Sound Mixer |