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Terror in Rome (1976)

Terror in Rome poster
Original title
I violenti di Roma bene
Directed by
Sergio Grieco
Genre
action film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three young men abduct two women and subject them to rape and torture over two days. The film follows the police investigation into the crime.

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What happens

Terror in Rome (Italian: I violenti di Roma bene), also known as Violence for Kicks, is a 1976 Italian "poliziottesco" film. written and directed by Sergio Grieco and Massimo Felisatti, credited as Segri & Ferrara. It is loosely inspired by the Circeo massacre, in which three young men abducted, and then raped and tortured, two young women over a two-day period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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