L'arma, l'ora, il movente, internationally released as The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive, is a 1972 Italian giallo film produced, co-written and directed by Francesco Mazzei. It is the first giallo that showed a corrupt priest as victim of a crime, a plot that would become a topos of the genre. Co-plotter Marcello Aliprandi went on to create another similar film in 1982, involving murder and Catholicism, entitled The Vatican Conspiracy.
The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive (1972)
Directed by Francesco Mazzei
Genres - Horror, Mystery-Suspense, Thriller |
Release Date - Nov 23, 1972 |
Run Time - 105 min. |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Francesco Mazzei, Marcello Aliprandi, Murder, The Vatican Conspiracy
Alternate Titles
Die Waffe, die Stunde, das Motiv
DD, DE
L'arma, l'ora, il movente
CA, IT, SG
La proie des vierges
FR
The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive
US
The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive
GB