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 |
| Writing | Nicola Badalucco | Screenplay |
| Directing | Enrico Bergier | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Francesco Giorgi | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Luciano Luna | Line Producer |
| Production | Vincenzo Mazzucchi | Production Manager |
| Production | Massimo Ferrero | Unit Manager |
| Production | Paolo Giorgi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Sergio Bologna | Administration |
| Production | Nestore Baratella | Administration |
| Production | Giovanni Giancono | Production Secretary |
| Production | Umberto Castagna | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Nazzareno Zamperla | Master at Arms |
| Directing | Vittoria Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Cossu | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nilo Jacoponi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corrado Cristofori | Hairstylist |
| Art | Silvano Giusti | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Camera | Renato Ranieri | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Antonio Scaramuzza | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Domenico Dubbini | Sound |
| Sound | Benito Alchimede | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Botteghi | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Ennio Picconi | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Amilcare Cuccoli | Gaffer |
| Crew | Celeste Battistelli | Special Effects Technician |
| Editing | Domenico Varone | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mario Recupito | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alberto Tinebra | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Damiano Damiani | Screenplay |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Enzo Meniconi | Editor |
| Art | Umberto Turco | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Giorsi | Costume Design |