Pact with the Devil
Released: January 11, 1950Runtime: 84 minLanguage: IT
The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
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Isa Miranda
as Marta Larocca
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Giacomo Mola
Jacques Francois
as Andrea Mola
Anne Vernon
as Andrea's sister
Umberto Spadaro
as Scoppola - the killer
Luigi Tosi
as Rocco
Annibale Betrone
as Old Laroccha - Marta's father
Guido Celano
as Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
Fiore Davanzati
as Sarina
Angelo Dessy
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