Confessions of a Police Captain
– Confessions of a Police Captain (Italian: Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore de..
Confessions of a Police Captain (Italian: Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica, also known as Confessions of a Police Commissioner to the District Attorney) is an Italian crime-drama film about a cop starring Franco Nero and Martin Balsam who is caught up in suffocating and incriminating big city "corruption." Nero tries desperately to bring an elusive criminal to justice who has been a thorn in his side for many years. This cop has a tough decision to make; does he turn in his partner or turn his head? The film won the Golden Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1971 and the Prix lntemational de l'Academie du Cinema at the Étoile de Cristal Awards in 1972.
26 Mar 1971
Italian
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Damiano Damiani
Damiano Damiani (story), Fulvio Gicca Palli (story), Damiano Damiani (screenplay), Salvatore Laurani (screenplay)
Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Claudio Gora
One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public prosecutor try to prove that the architect in the city is in the mafia.
2 wins & 1 nomination.