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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Frame Up
| image = Frame Up_1968_poster_01.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Italian theatrical release poster
| native_name =
| director = Emilio Miraglia
| producer = Felice Testa Gay
| screenplay =
| story = Massimo De Rita
| based_on =
| starring =
| music = Robby Poitevin
| cinematography = Erico Menczer
| editing = Sergio Montanari
| production_companies =
| distributor = Unidis
| released =
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
English
| budget =
| gross = 397.4 million
}}
'Frame Up' is a 1968 Italian noir-crime film directed by Emilio Miraglia and starring Henry Silva, Beba Lonar and Keenan Wynn.
Plot
A police inspector's son is killed by a gang of thieves and is accused of having killed a police informer. After being kicked out of the police department, the inspector must discover the truth on his own.
Cast
* Henry Silva as Inspector Sterling
* Beba Lonar as Janet
* Keenan Wynn as Police Commissioner Donald
* Carlo Palmucci as Gary
* Pier Paolo Capponi as O'Neil
* Luciano Rossi as Joseph Randolph
* Larry Dolgin as Kelly
* Charlene Polite as Anne
* Bob Molden as Rocky
Production
'Frame Up' was shot at Cinecitt in Rome and on location in San Francisco.
Release
'Frame Up' was released theatrically in Italy on 13 April 1968 where it was distributed by Unidis. The film grossed a total of 397,425,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run. The film circulated in various edited forms on its initial release. The European version is about Sterling's quest to find a man who murdered his son and framed him for shooting an informant. It is dramatised through flashbacks that lead up to the murder. The American edit of the film was distributed through Heritage Enterprises in 1971 and re-titled 'The Falling Man' which runs at 85 minutes. The edit changes the story and has a new English-language dub and a new score by Marcel Lawler.
See also
* List of Italian films of 1968
Notes
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