The Repenter

IMDb link: 0091744
IMDb rating: 5.9 (139 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Pasquale Squitieri
Cast: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Max von Sydow, Erik Estrada and others

Release date: 15 Nov 1985
Release year: 1985
Runtime: 120 minutes
Country: Italy
Keywords: giovanni falcone, based on real person, italian mafia, cosa nostra, judge, one man crusade, nightmare, foreshadowing, historical event, crime fighter

Plot:

A judge (based on real life judge Giovanni Falcone) on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.

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