The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino
Also known as [The Life and Death of Lieutenant Petrosino], [The Adventures of Lt. Petrosino]
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by [?] Sidney M. Goldin?
Cast: (unknown)
Feature Photoplay Company production; distributed on State Rights basis. / © 14 November 1912 by Feature Photoplay Company [LU129]. Released November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was based on the career of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, who was appointed to a infiltrating Mafia taskforce by the New York Police Department and was murdered while on a research excursion in Palermo, Sicily, in March 1909.
Drama: Crime.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0028.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Criminals: Gangs: Black Hand, Mafia - Death: Murder - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives, Policemen - Sicily: Palermo
Listing updated: 11 March 2010.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0028; Bondanella-Hollywood p. 179; Robertson-Guinness p. 7 : Website-AFI.
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