Sacco & Vanzetti ★★ Sacco e Vanzetti 1971 (PG) Two Italian immigrants and acknowledged anarchists are caught amidst communist witch-hunts and judicial negligence when they are tried and executed for murder in 1920s America. Based on the true-life case, considered by some a flagrant miscarriage of justice and political martyrdom, by others, honest American judicial-system proceedings. Well-made and acted. Joan Baez sings the title song "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti." 120m/C VHS, DVD. Gian Marie Volonte, Riccardo Cucciolla, Milo O'Shea, Cyril Cusack, Geoffrey Keen;
Director:
Guiliano Montaldo;
Cameo:
Ennio Morricone. Cannes '71: Actor (Cucciolla).
