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The Machine That Kills Bad People

6.719521h 25mMovieComedyFantasy

In Amalfi, a village on the Italian coast, an old man who seems to have strange powers gives Celestino Esposito, the local photographer, a dangerous ability.

DirectorRoberto Rossellini
WritersFranco Brusati·Giancarlo Vigorelli

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Cast · Directed by Roberto Rossellini

GA
Giovanni Amato
The Mayor
MBMarilyn Buferd
Marilyn Buferd
American Girl
PCPietro Carloni
Pietro Carloni
JF
Joseph Falletta
Joe
GP
Gennaro Pisano
Celestino Esposito
HT
Helen Tubbs
American Girl's Mother
WTWilliam Tubbs
William Tubbs
American Girl's Father
CBClara Bindi
Clara Bindi
Giulietta Del Bello (uncredited)
CB
Camillo Buonanni
(uncredited)
GFGiacomo Furia
Giacomo Furia
Romano Cuccurullo (uncredited)
AGAldo Giuffrè
Aldo Giuffrè
(uncredited)
CGCarlo Giuffrè
Carlo Giuffrè
(uncredited)

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