''The Last Sentence'' (Italian: ''L' ultima sentenza'') is a 1951 Italian

melodrama A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

co-written and directed by Mario Bonnard and starring

Charles Vanel Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, ...

, Antonella Lualdi and

Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in ''Le amiche''. She appeared in ''Un maledetto imbro ...

Cast

as Marco Valsetti * Antonella Lualdi as Daniela Valsetti *

as Marisa * Jacques Sernas as Piero * Erno Crisa as Roberto * Harry Feist as Baron Polsok *

Dina Sassoli Dina Sassoli (15 August 1920 – 24 March 2008) was an Italian film actress. She was born on 15 August 1920, in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was best known for her work with Italian director Mario Camerini. She died on 24 March 2008 in Ro ...

as Marta Onori * Paolo Panelli as Michele * Emma Baron as Piero's Mother *

Bianca Doria Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum ''Hercules Against the Mongols''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Com ...

as Miss Farra *

Nino Pavese Nino Pavese (10 April 1904 – 21 December 1979) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti and the younger brother of actor and voice actor Luigi Pavese, he began his career on stage with a theatrical troupe in the early ...

as Dr. Bini * Mariliana Delli as Berta * Yvonne Snyder as Elena Brian *

Armando Migliari Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934 ...

as Giuseppe Andreani *

Walter Santesso Walter Santesso (27 February 1931 in Padua, Italy – 20 January 2008) was an Italian film actor and director. His character name "Paparazzo" in Federico Fellini's 1960 film ''La Dolce Vita''Luisa Della Noce Maria Luisa Della Noce (28 April 1923 – 15 May 2008) was an Italian actress. She was perhaps best known for her roles in the films ''The Railroad Man'' (1956) and ''Juliet of the Spirits ''Juliet of the Spirits'' ( it, Giulietta degli spi ...

(credited as Malù Della Noce)

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* 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films Italian crime drama films 1951 crime drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub