A Man on His Knees (1979)
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.
Director:
Damiano Damiani
Writers:
Nicola Badalucco, Damiano Damiani.
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Giuliano Gemma as Nino Peralta |
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Eleonora Giorgi as Lucia Peralta |
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Michele Placido as Antonio Platamona |
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Tano Cimarosa as Sebastiano Colicchia |
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Ettore Manni as Vincenzo Fabbricante |
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Nello Pazzafini as Patranca |
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Fabrizio Forte as il figlio di Patranca |
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Luciano Catenacci as il commissario |
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Giampaolo Saccarola as un malvivente |
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Andrea Aureli as un pentito, ex uomo di fiducia di Fabbricante |
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Rodolfo Bigotti as il figlio del pentito |
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Lina Franchi as la consorte del pentito |
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Nazzareno Zamperla as |
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Giovanni Giancono as |
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Francesca De Mattia as |
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Eolo Capritti as |
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Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as |
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Fabrizio Jovine as |
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Norbert Losch as |
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Pippo Agusta as |
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Armando Zappi as |
| Directing | Damiano Damiani | Director |
| Writing | Damiano Damiani | Story |
| Sound | Benito Alchimede | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nilo Jacoponi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Luciano Luna | Line Producer |
| Art | Silvano Giusti | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Directing | Enrico Bergier | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Amilcare Cuccoli | Gaffer |
| Production | Francesco Giorgi | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Giovanni Giancono | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Cossu | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Antonio Scaramuzza | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ennio Picconi | Key Grip |
| Camera | Renato Ranieri | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Botteghi | Still Photographer |
| Production | Paolo Giorgi | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Domenico Dubbini | Sound |
| Crew | Celeste Battistelli | Special Effects Technician |
| Production | Massimo Ferrero | Unit Manager |
| Production | Sergio Bologna | Administration |
| Production | Nestore Baratella | Administration |
| Production | Umberto Castagna | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Nazzareno Zamperla | Master at Arms |
| Directing | Vittoria Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corrado Cristofori | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Mario Recupito | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Domenico Varone | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alberto Tinebra | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Vincenzo Mazzucchi | Production Manager |
| Writing | Nicola Badalucco | Screenplay |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Damiano Damiani | Screenplay |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Giorsi | Costume Design |
| Art | Umberto Turco | Production Design |
| Camera | Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Enzo Meniconi | Editor |