Name: Hands Over the City
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963-10-11
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale, Dante Di Pinto

1963·Drama·1h 41m

7.1

★

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

Directed by Francesco Rosi

corruption

politics

election

realism

city council

expose

developer

negotiation

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Rod Steiger

Edoardo Nottola

Salvo Randone

Professor De Angelis

Guido Alberti

Maglione

Terenzio Cordova

Prosecutor

Dany París

Dany

Ennio Antonelli

Man in angry mob in Town Council (uncredited)

Pasquale Martino

Head of the archive (uncredited)

Renato Terra

Jounalist (uncredited)

Crew

Francesco Rosi

Director

Francesco Rosi

Screenplay

Raffaele La Capria

Screenplay

Piero Piccioni

Original Music Composer

Gianni Di Venanzo

Director of Photography

Francesco Rosi

Story

Raffaele La Capria

Story

Nando Cicero

First Assistant Director

Carlo Gentili

Set Decoration

Pasqualino De Santis

Camera Operator

Popular Reviews

12 reviews

Zoélie

4.0★ · 01/21/26

Ça me stresse j'ai pas réussi a reconnaître les personnages de tous le film😔

Ted

8.0★ · 01/14/25

“It’ll be easy to convince them. Promise a future for them and their children, and you’ll have all the votes you want.”

Julia

7.0★ · 08/28/23

Uomo è uomo fr

Timothy Kandra

I really enjoyed this movie when watching it but now (I'm writing this two days after watching it), for some reason, I'm having trouble remembering it. I'd like to rewatch it one day.

Aurora Turelli

5.0★ · 05/07/26