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A true high point in 70s Italian thriller cinema, this inspired remake of Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train from director Maurizio Lucidi is able to push the concept of the original movie into something far more unbearably tense and deliciously twisted. Read more

Starring	Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti, Katia Christine, Luigi Casellato
Director	Maurizio Lucidi
Genres	Thriller

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- THE DESIGNATED VICTIM transcends the limitations that pigeon-holed many of its contemporaries. It's a sterling feature film and one that stands up to repeat viewings.
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