Against the Law
- Year: 1950
- Country of origin: Italy
- Genre: Crime, Thriller
- Director: Flavio Calzavara
- Length: 99 min
Film Synopsis
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.
Against the Law Blu-ray Editions
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Edition and Packaging 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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