''I Kiss the Hand'' ( it, Baciamo le mani, also known as ''Family Killer'') is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Vittorio Schiraldi and starring Arthur Kennedy,

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and

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. It is based on a novel by the same Vittorio Schiraldi, a writer and journalist at his film debut.

Plot

Cast

* Arthur Kennedy as Don Angelino Ferrante *

as Gaspare Ardizzone *

as Mariuccia *

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as Masino D'Amico *

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as Luca Ferrante * Paolo Turco as Massimo Ferrante *

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as Luciano Ferrante *

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as Don Emilio Grisanti *

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as Nicola D'Amico * Joshua Sinclair as Stefano Ferrante *

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as Don Santino Billeci * Accursio Di Leo as Pietro Corazza *

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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".

References

External links

* Italian crime films 1973 crime films 1973 films Mafia films 1973 directorial debut films Golan-Globus films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-crime-film-stub