I Kiss the Hand

1973 film

1973 (1973)

LanguageItalian

I Kiss the Hand (Italian: Baciamo le mani, also known as Family Killer) is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Vittorio Schiraldi and starring Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon and Agostina Belli. It is based on a novel by the same Vittorio Schiraldi, a writer and journalist at his film debut.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Cast

Arthur Kennedy as Don Angelino Ferrante
John Saxon as Gaspare Ardizzone
Agostina Belli as Mariuccia
Pino Colizzi as Masino D'Amico
Spiros Focás as Luca Ferrante
Paolo Turco as Massimo Ferrante
Marino Masé as Luciano Ferrante
Corrado Gaipa as Don Emilio Grisanti
Giuseppe Addobbati as Nicola D'Amico
Joshua Sinclair as Stefano Ferrante
Daniele Vargas as Don Santino Billeci
Accursio Di Leo as Pietro Corazza
Jane Avril as Prostitute
Massimo Sarchielli as Totò Grisanti
Tino Bianchi as Pietrino Gambara

Reception

Film critic Roberto Curti referred to the film as "a turgid, verbose and violent melodrama", in which the "only memorable asset is John Saxon’s over-the-top performance".^[2]

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
^ ^a ^b Roberto Curti (22 October 2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 978-0786469765.