(1948) Without Pity/ Senza pietà
(In Italian with English subtitles)
CRIME DRAMA
Co-written and directed by Alberto Lattuada that takes place just after the end of WWII with Angela Borghi (Carla Del Poggio) while riding in a train as a stowaway. And while the train was slowing down, another vehicle has been chased by military police vehicles. And because the train was slowing down, one of the men, the military police were chasing happened to climb onto the same cargo as Angela. And while she is ducking to avoid trouble a military officer, Johnny Saxon (Preston Foster)
climbed in as well while the escapee he was chasing managed to escape to the other compartment who managed to get away, shooting and injuring Johnny unconscious while the train was moving. And by the time the train makes it next stop, is when she calls help for the injured Johnny. And while he is being taken care of, Angela is then being cross examined regarding her intentions. She tells them she was heading to Leghorn to visit her brother, and their reaction was to bring her to a Christian boarding house for women. And while holding her their, she then builds a rapport with other women. One in particular is Marcella (Giulietta Masina) to which after Angela learns her brother is no longer there like she claimed he has, she then tells Angela if there is anyone she wants to know about, it would be a guy who wears all white, his name is Pier Luigi (Pierre Claudé) we find out later he is a racketeer. At the same time Johnny wants to go back and thank the lady, Angela who has saved him.
What is asinine about this movie is the fact that sometime during the movie, Johnny had the sufficient funds, connections, rides and money to drive Angela to her intended destination which is Leghorn, and for some odd reason the only car she wanted to be driven on, is on the vehicle driven by the racketeer himself; and for some odd reason the sufficient funds he had was spent on having fun at the fair; only when Johnny continues to hang around with Angela is when his problem worsens.
