''Il pentito'' (internationally released as ''The Repenter'' and ''The Squealer'') is a 1985
Italian crime
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drama film
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directed by
Pasquale Squitieri. The film is loosely based on actual events involving, among others,
pentito
''Pentito'' (; lit. "repentant"; plural: ''pentiti'') is used colloquially to designate collaborators of justice in Italian criminal procedure terminology who were formerly part of criminal organizations and decided to collaborate with a public ...
Tommaso Buscetta
Tommaso Buscetta (; 13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000) was a high-ranking Italian mobster and a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He became one of the first of its members to turn informant and explain the inner workings of the organization.
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, judge
Giovanni Falcone and banker
Michele Sindona.
Cast
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Tony Musante: Vanni Ragusa
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Franco Nero: Judge Falco
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Max von Sydow: Spinola
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Erik Estrada: Salvo Lercara
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Rita Rusic: lover of Vanni Ragusa
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Ivo Garrani: Boss
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Marino Masè: Carabinieri Lieutenant
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Tony Sperandeo
Tony Sperandeo (born 8 May 1953) is an Italian actor of cinema and television. Sperandeo is notable for frequently playing the roles of tough characters from his native region, Sicily. As of 2011, he was working on ''La Nuova Squadra'', a police ...
: killer
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Imma Piro
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Claudine Auger
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Marina Berti
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Philippe Lemaire
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Rik Battaglia
References
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1985 films
1980s Italian-language films
English-language Italian films
1980s English-language films
Films about the Sicilian Mafia
Films directed by Pasquale Squitieri
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Films set in Italy
Foreign films set in the United States
1985 crime drama films
Films à clef
1985 multilingual films
Italian multilingual films
1980s Italian films
English-language crime drama films
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