I Kiss the Hand
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| Directed by | Vittorio Schiraldi |
| Written by | Vittorio Schiraldi |
| Produced by | Arcangelo Picchi |
| Starring |
Arthur Kennedy John Saxon Agostina Belli |
| Cinematography | Marcello Gatti |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Music by | Enrico Simonetti |
| Distributed by | Cannon Films |
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| Language | Italian |
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.
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".