''Sardinia Kidnapped'' (, "Kidnapping"), also known as ''Ransom in Sardinia'', ''Island of Crime'' and ''Unlawful Restraint'', is a 1968 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi and starring

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and Frank Wolff.

Plot

University student Francesco is kidnapped by bandits in

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. His English tourist friend, Christina, a powerless witness to the kidnapping, rushes off to warn the family. Gavino, a childhood friend of Francesco's, advises Christina against talking to the police, but she does and the police begin searching for the kidnappers. In a firefight between gangsters and police, Francesco is killed, but the bandits hide his body. Meanwhile, Francesco's father offers to sell his lands to Osilio, a wealthy landowner, to get the money needed to pay the ransom for his son. Later, Gavino lets himself be seized by the bandits, and he convinces them that their leader is betraying and exploiting them. The bandits deliver their leader to Gavino, who recognizes him as Osilio. For Osilio there is no way out: the two men, together with Gavino, make their own justice.

Cast

as Gavino *

as Christina Fisher * Frank Wolff as Osilio * Ennio Balbo as Mr. Marras * Pierluigi Aprà as Francesco Marras * Steffen Zacharias as Santulus Surgiu * Margarita Lozano as Mrs. Marras * Enzo Robutti

References

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* 1968 films 1968 crime films 1960s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi Films scored by Riz Ortolani Poliziotteschi films Films set in Sardinia 1960s Italian films English-language crime films Italian-language crime films {{1960s-crime-film-stub