A Man on His Knees (1979)
Un uomo in ginocchio
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.
- Date of release
- 1979-04-13
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Damiano Damiani
Casting
- Giuliano Gemma — Nino Peralta
- Eleonora Giorgi — Lucia Peralta
- Michele Placido — Antonio Platamona
- Tano Cimarosa — Sebastiano Colicchia
- Ettore Manni — Vincenzo Fabbricante
- Nello Pazzafini — Patranca
- Fabrizio Forte — il figlio di Patranca
- Luciano Catenacci — il commissario
- Giampaolo Saccarola — un malvivente
- Andrea Aureli — un pentito, ex uomo di fiducia di Fabbricante
- Rodolfo Bigotti — il figlio del pentito
- Lina Franchi — la consorte del pentito
Interesting facts
Un uomo in ginocchio is a 1979 Italian crime-drama film directed by Damiano Damiani. For his performance Giuliano Gemma won the Grolla d'oro for Best Actor.
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