Pietro Germi and Eleonora Rossi Drago in The Facts of Murder (1959)

The Facts of Murder

Original title: Un maledetto imbroglio
Movie19591h 55m
CrimeDramaMystery
7.4 / 10(1,852)

A police detective and his team attempt to solve two crimes committed within a day of each other in neighboring apartment rooms.

Runtime
1h 55m
Released
1959
Country
Italy

Details

Release year: 1959

Storyline

A police detective and his team attempt to solve two crimes committed within a day of each other in neighboring apartment rooms.

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Did you know

The murder takes place at 44 Piazza Farnese in Rome, Italy.

Pietro Germi won the best director award at the March 1960 Mar del Plata Festival in Argentina, for this film.

The film won the Italian Silver Ribbon award.

User reviews

8/10

A well constructed police mystery

👍 13 · 7/3/2000
8/10

very good but just a bit overacted, to my modest opinion.

👍 10 · 8/1/2012
7/10

Nasty business in Merulana street

👍 8 · 7/22/2014

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
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