Sacco e Vanzetti 1971

Critics score:
40 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: ... an Italian film that elects to play on our best prejudices rather than make a reasonable or eloquent plea for truth. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The trial was an insult to justice, but this 1971 film -- an Italian-U.S. production -- is an insult to the viewer's intelligence, as heavy-handed and phony as any of the right-wing propaganda of the 50s. Read more

Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: ... the 81-minute film contains a surprising amount of information about the two Italian-born immigrants who were tried, convicted and executed in Boston amid accusations of grave injustice. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: ... one of the best. Read more