The Law (1959 film)


The Law is a 1959 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.

Plot

Beautiful Marietta is a small-town girl who lives in southern Italian fishing village of Porto Manacore, a corrupt village ruled by a petty crook Matteo Brigante. An engineer, Enrico Tosso comes into town to drain the marshes, and helps the villagers to take back their town.

Cast

According to MGM records the film earned $750,000 in the US and Canada and $325,000 elsewhere, resulting in a net loss to the studio of $39,000.