Silence the Witness

Silence the Witness

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | May 15, 1974

De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a witness, Sironi, who calls the police. But when the police arrive the car has gone and so have the two men. Inspector Santi and young judge Novelli look into the strange case. Marchetti, however, is a powerful man and Sironi and his family begin to be obsessed first by threats then by assaults.

Silence the Witness

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | May 15, 1974

Silence the Witness
De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a witness, Sironi, who calls the police. But when the police arrive the car has gone and so have the two men. Inspector Santi and young judge Novelli look into the strange case. Marchetti, however, is a powerful man and Sironi and his family begin to be obsessed first by threats then by assaults.
Producers Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
Original title Il testimone deve tacere
Directors Giuseppe Rosati
Writers

Cast

Bekim Fehmiu

as Il dottor Giorgio Sironi

Rosanna Schiaffino

as Luisa Sironi

Aldo Giuffrè

as Il commissario Santi

Guido Leontini

as Il mafiosi

Romolo Valli

as Il ministro

Elio Zamuto

as Il giudice Belli

Luigi Pistilli

as Il commissario De Luca

Claudio Nicastro

as Il commendatore

Guido Alberti

as Il questore

Corrado Annicelli

as L'anziano professore di Sironi

Barbara Betti

as Adriana Favero

Rosario Borelli

as Il maresciallo Giulio Nardoni

Franco Ressel

as L'ingegner Aldo Marchetti

Liana Trouché

as La moglie del commissario Santi

Daniele Vargas

as Il senatore Turrisi

Andrea Scotti

as Il sergente Cannavale

Luciano Rossi

as Antonio - un teppista

Domenico Maggio

as Il cancelliere (as Mimmo Maggio)

Pietro Ceccarelli

as Un picchiatore

Susanna Melandri

as Cristina Sironi

Bruno Bertocci

as Un funzionario