Women in Arms (also known as Donne armate) is 1991 Italian television action-drama film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was Corbucci's final work.
Plot Nadia Cossa is a political prisoner who manages to escape during a transfer to a new prison. The young policewoman who was escorting her is suspended but starts investigating on her behalf and follows her trail.
Cast
Lina Sastri as Nadia Cossa Cristina Marsillach as Angela Venturi Donald Pleasence as Dreyfuss Franco Interlenghi as the prosecutor Massimo Bonetti as Marco La Valle Glauco Onorato as Locasciulli Mariangela Giordano as Miss Locasciulli Cochi Ponzoni as Luigi Russo Biagio Pelligra as Antonio Guidotti Imma Piro as Angela's sister Lucio Rosato as Luigi Cosantini Marzio Honorato as Renzi Vassili Karis as the killer Arnaldo Ninchi as the blind man Raffaella Baracchi as Cora Cardinali Adriana Russo as Clara
Production The film was co-produced by Fulvio Lucisano, Rai 2 and Odeon TV, marking the first co-production between RAI and a private television channel. It had a budget of about 6 billion lire.
Release The film was broadcast on Rai 2 in two parts on 9–10 January 1991, about a month after Corbucci's death.
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