I Kiss the Hand

I Kiss the Hand
Directed by	Vittorio Schiraldi
Produced by	Arcangelo Picchi
Written by	Vittorio Schiraldi
Starring	Arthur Kennedy John Saxon Agostina Belli
Music by	Enrico Simonetti
Cinematography	Marcello Gatti
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Release dates	1973
Language	Italian

I Kiss the Hand (Italian: Baciamo le mani, also known as Family Killer) is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Vittorio Schiraldi and starring Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon and Agostina Belli. It is based on a novel by the same Vittorio Schiraldi, a writer and journalist at his film debut.^[1][2]

Cast

• Arthur Kennedy as Don Angelino Ferrante
• John Saxon as Gaspare Ardizzone
• Agostina Belli as Mariuccia
• Pino Colizzi as Masino D'Amico
• Spiros Focás as Luca Ferrante
• Paolo Turco as Massimo Ferrante
• Marino Masé as Luciano Ferrante
• Corrado Gaipa as Don Emilio Grisanti
• Giuseppe Addobbati as Nicola D'Amico
• Joshua Sinclair as Stefano Ferrante
• Daniele Vargas as Don Santino Billeci
• Accursio Di Leo as Pietro Corazza
• Jane Avril as Prostitute
• Massimo Sarchielli as Totò Grisanti
• Tino Bianchi as Pietrino Gambara

Reception

Film critic Roberto Curti referred to the film as "a turgid, verbose and violent melodrama", in which the "only memorable asset is John Saxon’s over-the-top performance".^[2]

References

1. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
2. Roberto Curti. Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 0786469765.

External links

• I Kiss the Hand at the Internet Movie Database