Silent Action (1975)
"La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide" (original title)

Director:

Sergio Martino

Writers:

Gianfranco Couyoumdjian (screenplay), Massimo Felisatti (screenplay),

Stars:

Luc Merenda, Mel Ferrer, Delia Boccardo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luc Merenda	...	Inspector Giorgio Solmi
Mel Ferrer	...	District Attorney Mannino
Delia Boccardo	...	Maria
Michele Gammino	...	Lt. Luigi Caprara
Paola Tedesco	...	Giuliana Raimondi aka la Tunisina
Franco Giornelli	...	Frank Smith - the killer
Gianfranco Barra	...	De Luca
Carlo Alighiero	...	Remo Ortolani
Claudio Gora	...	Martinetti
Claudio Nicastro	...	Prison Warden
Antonio Casale	...	Giovanni Andreassi - aka Massù
Giovanni Di Benedetto	...	General Stocchi (as Gianni De Benedetto)
Tomas Milian	...	Captain Mario Sperli
Arturo Dominici	...	Chief of police
Carlo Gaddi	...	Massù's friend

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

bologna italy | mafia | death | strangulation | exploding helicopter | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

5 April 1975 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Silent Action

Filming Locations:

Marcellina, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dania Film, Flora Film, Gico Cinematografica S.r.l.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

User Reviews

I Giorni Contati

The only famous name in this Martino movie is Mel Ferrer and I guess he was just taking the money and running to invest it in one of his productions .Ferrer could not care less and he really seems to want to leave as soon as possible this muddled political-cum-thriller effort ,a genre that was so popular in Italy at the time .It did produce good works ("Cadaveri Eccellenti" (Rosi) or Elio Petri's "Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto" ).Alas ,such is not the case here.

"La Polizia Accusa " (which became in France "The city accuses ") features a "meaningful" scene on a plane where the villain explains Hitler's "philosophy" (Mao's doctrine was the same ,we are told ) to the virtuous cop (played by Luc Merenda whose only claim to fame was his part in the "Chateauvallon" miniseries).