Quick Trial (1974)

Plot Summary

After a terrorist attack against a train, the police arrest the young laborer Stefano Baldini, member of a group of militant leftists. Entrusted for interrogation to Sergeant Pendicò and special agents Lorusso and Spasiani, Stefano dies, after four days, in unclear circumstances. Doubting the official version of the police, the second time in which a young person died in custody, journalist Cristina Visconti tries, with the aid of the sister of Stefano, to discover the truth. They rub up against a conspiracy of silence that encircles the acts of Pendicò and his associates. Frustrated beyond reason, Cristina tries a desperate ploy: publishing a story without evidence in the newspaper, accusing the three agents of having caused the death of Stefano with their blows. Cristina is put on trial for defamation. Can she avoid going to jail and also reveal the facts surrounding Stefano's death?

Full Cast & Characters

Ira von Fürstenberg

Cristina Visconti, la giornalista

Michele Placido

Stefano Baldini

Gabriele Ferzetti

L'avvocato Finaldi

Mario Adorf

Procuratore Benedikter

Adalberto Maria Merli

Brigadiere Pendicò

Zouzou

Laura, sorella di Stefano

Eros Pagni

Commissario Antonelli

Bernard Blier

Il giudice

Franco Angrisano

Prof. Mario Ricciarini

Omero Antonutti

Comm. Messina

Director & Crew

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