The Law (1959 film)

The Law
File:Poster of The Law (1959 film).jpg Film poster
Directed by	Jules Dassin
Produced by	Jacques Bar Maleno Malenotti
Written by	Diego Fabbri Françoise Giroud Jules Dassin
Based on	La Loi (1957 novel) by Roger Vailland
Starring	Gina Lollobrigida Pierre Brasseur Marcello Mastroianni
Music by	Roman Vlad
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Roger Dwyre Mario Serandrei
Production company	Le Groupe des Quatre Cité Films Titanus G.E.S.I. Cinematografica
Distributed by	MGM (USA, theatrical, 1960)
Release dates	25 January 1959
Running time	126 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	French
Budget	FRF 450,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$1,075,000

The Law (Italian: La leggecode: it is deprecated , French: La Loi and originally released in America as Where the Hot Wind Blows!) is a 1959 Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.

Plot

Beautiful Marietta (Gina Lollobrigida) is a small-town girl who lives in southern Italian fishing village of Porto Manacore, a corrupt village ruled by a petty crook Matteo Brigante (Yves Montand). An engineer, Enrico Tosso (Marcello Mastroianni) comes into town to drain the marshes, and helps the villagers to take back their town.

Cast

• Gina Lollobrigida - Marietta
• Pierre Brasseur - Don Cesare
• Marcello Mastroianni - Enrico Tosso, the Engineer
• Melina Mercouri - Donna Lucrezia
• Yves Montand - Matteo Brigante
• Raf Mattioli - Francesco Brigante
• Vittorio Caprioli - Attilio, the Inspector
• Lidia Alfonsi - Giuseppina
• Gianrico Tedeschi - First Loafer
• Nino Vingelli - Pizzaccio
• Bruno Carotenuto - Balbo
• Luisa Rivelli - Elvira
• Anna Maria Bottini - Maria
• Anna Arena - Anna, Attilio's wife
• Edda Soligo - Giulia
• Joe Dassin - Nico

Box office

According to MGM records the film earned $750,000 in the US and Canada and $325,000 elsewhere, resulting in a net loss to the studio of $39,000.

External links

• The Law at IMDb
• The Law at AllMovie
• The Law at the TCM Movie Database
• The Law at the American Film Institute Catalog