The Law (1959 film)
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The Law (originally released in America as Where the Hot Wind Blows) is a 1959 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.
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Plot
Beautiful Marietta (Gina Lollobrigida) is a small-town girl who lives in southern Italian fishing village of Porto Manacore, a corrupt village ruled by a petty crook Matteo Brigante (Yves Montand). An engineer, Enrico Tosso (Marcello Mastroianni) comes into town to drain the marshes, and helps the villagers to take back their town.
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Cast
- Gina Lollobrigida - Marietta
- Pierre Brasseur - Don Cesare
- Marcello Mastroianni - Enrico Tosso, the Engineer
- Melina Mercouri - Donna Lucrezia
- Yves Montand - Matteo Brigante
- Raf Mattioli - Francesco Brigante
- Vittorio Caprioli - Attilio, the Inspector
- Lidia Alfonsi - Giuseppina
- Gianrico Tedeschi - First Loafer
- Nino Vingelli - Pizzaccio
- Bruno Carotenuto - Balbo
- Luisa Rivelli - Elvira
- Anna Maria Bottini - Maria
- Anna Arena - Anna, Attilio's wife
- Edda Soligo - Giulia
- Joe Dassin - Nico
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