LA SCORTA

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• Release Year: 1994
• Genre: Crime, Foreign, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Sicily, 1992: When a high-profile judge and his bodyguard are brutally murdered, four reluctant young cops are assigned as 'La Scorta' - Italian for 'the escorts' - to protect the replacement prosecutor from Mafia assassins. But in a country where high level corruption and sudden violence are a way of life, the squad quickly find themselves outnumbered, outgunned and desperately out of time. Even if they can survive the daily threat of car bombs and ambushes, will personal conflicts and backroom betrayals blow apart the nation's most unlikely team of heroes?; Claudio Amendola (in his breakout performance) and Enrico Lo Verso star in this white-knuckle thriller from writer/director Ricky Tognazzi featuring a pounding score by Ennio Morricone and based on a true story of uncommon courage. ;
• Cast: Claudio Amendola, Enrico Lo Verso, Carlo Cecchi, Ricky Memphis, Tony Sperandeo, Lorenza Indovina, Ugo Conti, Rita Savagnone, Giovanni Alamia, Francesca d'Aloja, Giovanni Pallavicino, Giacinto Ferro, Guia Jelo, Benedetto Raneli, Francesco Siciliano, Angelo Infanti, Leo Gullotta, Luigi Maria Burruano, Claudia Bonivento, Davide Gavino Cannas, Nunzia Greco, Salvo Mangione, Mimmo Mignemi, Marco Magnesia, Antonino Pensabene, Ninni Picone, Elda Alvigini, Maurizio Romoli, Santi Bellina, Claudio Spadaro, Tony Sperandeo Jr., Ricky Tognazzi, Graziano Diana, Simona Izzo
• Director: Ricky Tognazzi
• Runtime: 1:35
• Company: Blue Underground, LUCE
• Media Format: Movie