Film
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
- Director
- Elio Petri
- Certificate
- 18
- Running Time
- 115 mins
A flashy, Oscar-winning Italian thriller with Gian Maria Volontè on fine form as a corrupt, fascist Rome cop who slashes his girlfriend’s throat and plants a trail of clues leading back to him, considering himself to be above suspicion. This caused something of a political furore in Italy on release back in 1970, not least because director Elio Petri was a communist.
It’s back on screen in the shed’s November States of Danger and Deceit: European Political Thrillers in the 1970s Sunday brunch season.
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