Frame Up

Frame Up is a 1968 Italian noir-crime film directed by Emilio Miraglia and starring Henry Silva, Beba Lončar and Keenan Wynn. In 1971, the American edit was shortened by several minutes and released as The Falling Man.

Plot

A police inspector's son is killed by a gang of thieves and is accused of having killed a police informer. After being kicked out of the police department, the inspector must discover the truth on his own.

Cast

Henry Silva as Inspector Sterling
Beba Lončar as Janet
Keenan Wynn as Police Commissioner Donald
Carlo Palmucci as Gary
Pier Paolo Capponi as O'Neil
Luciano Rossi as Joseph Randolph
Larry Dolgin as Kelly
Charlene Polite as Anne
Bob Molden as Rocky

Production

Frame Up was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in San Francisco.

Release

Frame Up was released theatrically in Italy on 13 April 1968 where it was distributed by Unidis. The film grossed a total of 397,425,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run. The film circulated in various edited forms on its initial release. The European version is about Sterling's quest to find a man who murdered his son and framed him for shooting an informant. It is dramatised through flashbacks that lead up to the murder. The American edit of the film was distributed through Heritage Enterprises in 1971 and re-titled The Falling Man which runs at 85 minutes. The edit changes the story and has a new English-language dub and a new score by Marcel Lawler.