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Short Circuit (1943)

Short Circuit poster
Original title
Cortocircuito
Directed by
Giacomo Gentilomo
Genre
thriller film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets tangled in a web of deceit and danger after witnessing something he should not have. The film follows his efforts to escape the consequences and stay alive.

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What happens

Short Circuit (Italian: Cortocircuito) is a 1943 Italian thriller film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Vivi Gioi, Umberto Melnati and Guglielmo Barnabò. The film was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. It is one of several films considered as a possible precursor to the giallo genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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