The City Stands Trial

Name: The City Stands Trial
Director: Luigi Zampa
Released: 1952
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa, Dante Maggio, Franco Interlenghi

1952 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 177 VOTES · DIR. Luigi Zampa

Overview

Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities. In charge is a young and courageous judge who, using evidence discovered by chance, tries to reconstruct the story of the double murder. The plot that the judge must unravel is very complicated.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,656 lines

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00:00:07 THE CITY ON TRIAL

00:06:13 It was a constant up and down!

00:09:49 In this city

00:13:24 Has anybody claimed the inheritance? - There are no relatives

00:17:39 Then I thought I made a mistake and that we were supposed to meet in the garden.

00:21:53 To do what?

00:25:59 And you..

00:29:44 They prevented me all they could.

00:33:48 Madonna, you want to drive me crazy, poor woman!

00:38:09 The owner is in no condition to speak, he's expecting a doctor to bleed him.

00:42:56 I must inform you that she remembers that also.

00:47:01 Never.

00:50:26 and the wind that was blowing, he was sweating like it was summer.

00:54:24 He had written a song and asked me to sing it after dinner.

00:59:12 They're gentlemen who have come to have fun by the sea.

01:02:57 How bad you look, did they feed you?

01:07:01 All this is stolen, you can see it a mile off.

01:12:34 the work of a judge, whose work is not to be hampered in any way.

01:16:38 A trial based on circumstantial evidence? Fine, so be it.

01:20:28 will be there right along with me.

01:25:56 I thank you

01:30:50 # you're a dead man!

01:35:30 Esposito and Capezzuto were working for Ruotolo.

01:42:49 THE END

Cast & Characters

Amedeo Nazzari Il giudice Antonio Spicacci Silvana Pampanini Liliana Ferrara Paolo Stoppa Perrone - il delegato de polizia Dante Maggio Armando Capezzuto Franco Interlenghi Luigi Esposito Irene Galter Nunziata Gualtiero Tumiati Il consigliere capo delle procura Tina Pica La ristoratrice di Pozzuoli Turi Pandolfini Il ragionier Filippetti Franca Tamantini Carmela

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,656

Dialogue density16.1 lines / min

First line00:00:07

Final line01:42:49

Production Record

DirectorLuigi Zampa

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes177