Before the Jury
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During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
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Edited by Guido BrignoneShot by Ubaldo ArataScored by Pietro SassoliDesigned by Gastone Medin
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Marcella Albani
as Leda Astorri
Lia Franca
as Dora Bardi
Carlo Ninchi
as Marcello Barra, il guardacaccia
Renzo Ricci
as Aroldo Cramoli
Elio Steiner
as Giulio Alberti
Elvira Marchionni
as La cognata del guardiacaccia
Giovanni Cimara
as Alberto Astorri
Camillo De Rossi
as Adolfo Calandri
Vasco Creti
as Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri
Franco Coop
as Il portiere di casa Calandri
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