''How to Kill a Judge'' ( it, Perché si uccide un magistrato), also known as ''The Murder of a Magistrate'' and ''Why Does One Kill a Magistrate?'', is a 1974
Italian
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crime-thriller film
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directed by
Damiano Damiani
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. It is the final chapter in the Damiani's trilogy about mafia, after ''
The Day of the Owl'' and ''
Confessions of a Police Captain
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The film won the ...
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It was released on DVD by
Blue Underground
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in March 2006.
Plot
Giacomo Solaris is a film-maker whose latest released feature film is a crime thriller about a judge who gets too friendly with the Mafia and is murdered. A resentful Sicilian magistrate orders the film seized, but then the judge winds up dead, in a fashion just like that in Solaris's movie. Solaris realizes that corrupt political forces are pulling strings and attempting to cover up murders of his friends who begin to die in grisly ways. Will he learn the truth about the murder of the judge in time?
Cast
The film was
dubbed into English with voice actors based within Italy, with Franco being the sole actor to reprise his role and dub himself over in English.
Additional English Dub Voices
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Cicely Browne
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Etymology
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Lewis E. Ciannelli
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Mickey Knox
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Gene Luotto
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Robert Spafford
See also
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List of Italian films of 1974
A list of films produced in Italy in 1974 (see 1974 in film):
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External linksItalian films of 1974at the Internet Movie DatabaseFilmografia di Liliana Cavani
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1974 films
Films directed by Damiano Damiani
1970s crime thriller films
1970s political thriller films
Films about the Sicilian Mafia
Poliziotteschi films
Films about film directors and producers
Films about journalists
Films scored by Riz Ortolani
1970s legal films
Italian political thriller films
1970s Italian films
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