Sardinia Kidnapped

Sardinia Kidnapped
Italian film poster
Directed by	Gianfranco Mingozzi
Screenplay by	Gianfranco Mingozzi Ugo Pirro
Produced by	Silvio Clementelli
Starring	Franco Nero Charlotte Rampling Frank Wolff Ennio Balbo Pierluigi Aprà Steffen Zacharias
Cinematography	Ugo Piccone
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production company	Clesi Cinematographica
Distributed by	Euro International Films
Release date	14 March 1968 (1968-03-14)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian English

Sardinia Kidnapped (Italian: Sequestro di persona, lit. "Kidnapping"), also known as Ransom in Sardinia, Island of Crime and Unlawful Restraint, is a 1968 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi and starring Franco Nero, Charlotte Rampling and Frank Wolff.

Plot

University student Francesco is kidnapped by bandits in Sardinia. His English tourist friend, Christina, a powerless witness to the kidnapping, rushes off to warn the family. Gavino, a childhood friend of Francesco's, advises Christina against talking to the police, but she does and the police begin searching for the kidnappers. In a firefight between gangsters and police, Francesco is killed, but the bandits hide his body. Meanwhile, Francesco's father offers to sell his lands to Osilio, a wealthy landowner, to get the money needed to pay the ransom for his son. Later, Gavino lets himself be seized by the bandits, and he convinces them that their leader is betraying and exploiting them. The bandits deliver their leader to Gavino, who recognizes him as Osilio. For Osilio there is no way out: the two men, together with Gavino, make their own justice.

Cast

• Franco Nero as Gavino
• Charlotte Rampling as Christina Fisher
• Frank Wolff as Osilio
• Ennio Balbo as Mr. Marras
• Pierluigi Aprà as Francesco Marras
• Steffen Zacharias as Santulus Surgiu
• Margarita Lozano as Mrs. Marras
• Enzo Robutti

External links

• Sardinia Kidnapped at IMDb