The Facts of Murder (1959)

Original title

Un maledetto imbroglio

Directed by

Pietro Germi

Genre

heist film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective investigates a murder and a theft in a Roman apartment building during the 1950s. He navigates a web of suspects and alibis among the residents to solve the case.

suspensefulgrittydeliberateintricatetensenoirishmethodical

What happens

The Facts of Murder (Italian: Un maledetto imbroglio) is a 1959 Italian crime mystery film directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the 1957 novel That Awful Mess on Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda. The sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. It was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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