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.[1]

Sardinia Kidnapped
Italian film poster
Directed byGianfranco Mingozzi
Screenplay byGianfranco Mingozzi
Ugo Pirro
Produced bySilvio Clementelli
StarringFranco Nero
Charlotte Rampling
Frank Wolff
Ennio Balbo
Pierluigi Aprà
Steffen Zacharias
CinematographyUgo Piccone
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byRiz Ortolani
Production
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Clesi Cinematographica
Distributed byEuro International Films
Release date
  • 14 March 1968 (1968-03-14)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ The Mercenary (How to make a Revolution) (DVD). Planegg, Germany: Koch Media, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1970.
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