Malavita (1951 film)

Malavita is a 1951 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Rate Furlan and starring Jacqueline Pierreux, Aldo Nicodemi and Franco Silva. It was shot at the Sud Film Studios in Naples.

Malavita
Directed by	Rate Furlan
Written by	Roberto Amoroso Rate Furlan
Produced by	Anna D'Agostino
Starring	Jacqueline Pierreux Aldo Nicodemi Franco Silva
Cinematography	Giuseppe Caracciolo
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Rate Furlan
Production company	Melody Film
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	1951 (1951)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Synopsis

In Naples a young man from a good family is drawn into a crime gang by the alluring Lidia. During a raid on a foreign cargo ship in the city's port his police officer brother is killed and the blame laid on him by Lidia. Joining the gang, despite himself he is forced to plunder a foreign ship that arrived in the port of Naples with a rich cargo, Mario, Renato's brother and finance sergeant, is on duty at the port, Lidia is used by the gang as a decoy to distract Mario, on the evening of the blow while the bandits are preparing to plunder the ship, Renato unaware surprises Mario and Lidia together in intimate attitudes, the two brothers get into a fight, Renato shoots on his brother without hitting him, but also shoots Lidia hitting Mario mortally.

Lidia accuses Renato of killing his brother out of jealousy. Renato, however, feeling responsible for the death of his brother, constitutes himself and will be sentenced to life imprisonment. After some time Lidia, her lover and the rest of the gang are involved in a shooting with the police forces, on the verge of death taken by remorse, Lidia confesses that she is responsible for the murder of the sergeant, definitively exonerating Renato.

Cast

• Jacqueline Pierreux as Lidia
• Aldo Nicodemi as Renato
• Franco Silva as Serg. Mario
• Clelia Genovese as Madre di Lidia
• Flora Torrigiani as Wanda
• Harry Feist as Capo Banda
• Angelo Dessy as Membro della banda
• Luigi Uzzo as Pinuccio, figlio di Mario

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

• Malavita at IMDb
• Malavita at Variety Distribution