Women in Arms
1991 film by Sergio Corbucci
Women in Arms (also known as Donne armate) is 1991 Italian television action-drama film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was Corbucci's final work.
Plot
Nadia Cossa is a political prisoner who manages to escape during a transfer to a new prison. The young policewoman who was escorting her is suspended but starts investigating on her behalf and follows her trail.
Cast
Lina Sastri as Nadia Cossa
Cristina Marsillach as Angela Venturi
Donald Pleasence as Dreyfuss
Franco Interlenghi as the prosecutor
Massimo Bonetti as Marco La Valle
Glauco Onorato as Locasciulli
Mariangela Giordano as Miss Locasciulli
Cochi Ponzoni as Luigi Russo
Biagio Pelligra as Antonio Guidotti
Imma Piro as Angela's sister
Lucio Rosato as Luigi Cosantini
Marzio Honorato as Renzi
Vassili Karis as the killer
Arnaldo Ninchi as the blind man
Raffaella Baracchi as Cora Cardinali
Adriana Russo as Clara
Production
The film was co-produced by Fulvio Lucisano, Rai 2 and Odeon TV, marking the first co-production between RAI and a private television channel. It had a budget of about 6 billion lire.
Release
The film was broadcast on Rai 2 in two parts on 9–10 January 1991, about a month after Corbucci's death.
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