The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive

The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive
The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive
Directed by	Francesco Mazzei
Written by	Francesco Mazzei; Marcello Aliprandi; Mario Bianchi (screenplay); Bruno Di Geronimo (screenplay); Vinicio Marinucci (screenplay)
Cinematography	Giovanni Ciarlo
Edited by	Alberto Gallitti
Music by	Francesco De Masi
Release date	1972;
Running time	105 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

L'arma l'ora il movente, internationally released as The Weapon, the Hour, & the Motive, is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Francesco Mazzei. It is the first giallo that shows a corrupt priest as victim of a crime, a plot that would become a topos of the genre.^[1]

Cast

Renzo Montagnani: Inspector Boito
Bedy Moratti: Orchidea
Eva Czemerys: Giulia
Maurizio Bonuglia: Don Giorgio

References

^ Gianfranco Casadio. Col cuore in gola: assassini, ladri e poliziotti nel cinema italiano dal 1930 ad oggi. A. Longo, 2002.

External links

The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive at IMDb

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[1] Gianfranco Casadio. Col cuore in gola: assassini, ladri e poliziotti nel cinema italiano dal 1930 ad oggi. A. Longo, 2002.

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