Against the wishes of her Aunt Valeria, attractive Milena travels to Milan in order to secretly marry Marco Giraldi. Three years later, Milena returns to her hometown Fermo, where her husband's shoe business is in financial difficulties. Shortly afterwards, she is abducted, a valuable painting is stolen and Aunt Valeriais murdered. Two young villains, who carried out the dirty work, are then killed...
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Sylva Koscina
Milena Gottardi
Known for
Lisa and the Devil
Ace
Pier Paolo Capponi
Marco Girardi
Known for
The Cat o' Nine Tails
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
Oberdan Troiani
Mario Sabatini
Also in
Family Scandal
Luigi Pistilli
Don Lino
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
Aurelio Grimaldi
Krista Nell
Sonia
Also in
The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance
So Sweet, So Dead
Giovanni Brusadori
Known for
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Carla Mancini
Known for
We All Loved Each Other So Much
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Camillo Fantacci
Herb Andress
Known for
Enemy Mine
Luther
Franco Tamponi
Mario Sabatini Director · Franco Tamponi Composer Gianni Mereu Composer
First release January 1, 1974 · Produced in Italy · Production Cineuropa
Production
Stefano Film
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Cineuropa
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Italy
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Original title
Delitto d'autore
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · January 1, 1974
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