Against the Law

aka Contro la legge

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Against the Law (1950) follows Marcello Curti, a middle-class young man secretly working as an intermediary in black market currency exchanges tied to criminal organizations. As a violent dispute during a transaction leaves a buyer dead and the real killer escapes, Marcello is arrested and placed under police surveillance while conducting his own investigation to clear his name. This Italian crime thriller centers on a murder investigation shaped by criminal corruption, as suspicion closes in, with black market activity, police scrutiny, and personal desperation.

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Extras
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Radiance BD-B/UK 2026
Interview with Manuela Lazic on Actor Marcello Mastroianni
Interview with Stephen Gundle on Director Flavio Calzavara
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Notes

  • Radiance’s Blu-ray is included in the “World Noir Vol. 5” box set with The Bandit (1946) and Four Ways Out (1951). It includes an 80-page booklet with writing by Roberto Curti, Pasquale Iannone, Beatrice Loyza and Farran Nehme.

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