Hands over the City

Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi.

It is a story of political corruption in post-World War II Italy.

"[2] A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large-scale suburban real-estate deal.

However, after the collapse of a residential building next to a construction site, the manager of which is his son, the communist councilman De Vita (Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry into Nottola's connection to the accident.

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Rod Steiger in a stillframe from the movie