110m; Italy
Director: Pasquale Scimeca
Cast: Marcello Mazzarella, Vincenzo Albanese and Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Synopsis (IMDB): The real story of Placido Rizzotto, a trade union leader murdered by the mafia in Sicily in 1948.
Category Archives: Crime-Action
Poor Cow (1967)
101m; U.K.
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Terence Stamp, Carol White and John Bindon
Synopsis (IMDB): A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. She marries and has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone she takes up with his mate (another thief) who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up in the nick. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure. Her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her.
Riffraff (1936)
94m; U.S.
Director: J. Walter Ruben
Cast: Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy and Una Merkel
Synopsis: Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.
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