During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
Directed by Guido Brignone
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Cast

Renzo Ricci
Aroldo Cramoli

Marcella Albani
Leda Astorri

Carlo Ninchi
Marcello Barra

Lia Franca
Dora Bardi

Elio Steiner
Giulio Alberti
Elvira Marchionni
Cognata di Marcello
Giovanni Cimara
Carlo Astorri
Camillo De Rossi
Adolfo Calandri

Vasco Creti
Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri
Franco Coop
Carlo Lirossi, il portiere di casa Calandri

Giorgio Bianchi
Lo sconosciuto

Luigi Carini
Presidente del tribunale

Raimondo Van Riel
Procuratore generale
Oreste Fares
Avvocato difensore
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