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The Machine That Kills Bad People

1952·85 min

The Machine That Kills Bad People

Directed by Roberto Rossellini

ComedyFantasy

In Amalfi, a village on the Italian coast, an old man who seems to have strange powers gives Celestino Esposito, the local photographer, a dangerous ability.

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The Mayor

American Girl

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Enrico Betti Berutto

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Renzo Rossellini

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Giancarlo Vigorelli

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Roberto Rossellini

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Celestino Esposito

American Girl's Mother

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Giulietta Del Bello (uncredited)

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The Machine That Kills Bad People (1952) is about in Amalfi, a village on the Italian coast, an old man who seems to have strange powers gives Celestino Esposito, the local photographer, a dangerous ability.

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Roberto Rossellini directed The Machine That Kills Bad People (1952).

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