Before the Jury

Before the Jury (1931)

DramaMystery

During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.

Director: Guido Brignone

Casts

	Renzo Ricci as Aroldo Cramoli
	Marcella Albani as Leda Astorri
	Carlo Ninchi as Marcello Barra
	Lia Franca as Dora Bardi
	Elio Steiner as Giulio Alberti
	Elvira Marchionni as Cognata di Marcello
	Giovanni Cimara as Carlo Astorri
	Camillo De Rossi as Adolfo Calandri
	Vasco Creti as Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri
	Franco Coop as Carlo Lirossi, il portiere di casa Calandri
	Giorgio Bianchi as Lo sconosciuto
	Luigi Carini as Presidente del tribunale
	Raimondo Van Riel as Procuratore generale
	Oreste Fares as Avvocato difensore
	Umberto Sacripante as Cancelliere
	Mercedes Brignone as Un'invitata al ricevimento
	Gino Sabbatini as Un invitato al ricevimento
	Giuseppe Pierozzi as Un giurato
	Franz Sala as
	Augusto Bandini as
	Alfredo Martinelli as
	Rosetta Calavetta as
	Clara Di Marignano as

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