---
title: 'Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elio Petri'
released: '1970-02-09'
runtime_minutes: 115
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/investigation-of-a-citizen-above-suspicion-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065889/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

1970 · R · 115 min · Drama, Crime · Italy

Original title: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto

## Synopsis

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a 1970 Italian satirical crime thriller film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan. It is a psychological, black-humored satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his mistress, and then tests whether the police would charge him for this crime. He begins manipulating the investigation by planting obvious clues while the other police officers ignore them, either intentionally or not.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elio Petri](https://cinepixo.com/people/elio-petri)
- **Screenplay:** [Elio Petri](https://cinepixo.com/people/elio-petri), [Ugo Pirro](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-pirro)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Marina Cicogna](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-cicogna)
- **Director of Photography:** [Luigi Kuveiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-kuveiller)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Massimo Foschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-foschi)
- [Ettore Geri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ettore-geri)
- [Sergio Tramonti](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-tramonti)
- [Orazio Orlando](https://cinepixo.com/people/orazio-orlando)
- [Vittorio Duse](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-duse)
- [Gianni Santuccio](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-santuccio)
- [Fulvio Grimaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fulvio-grimaldi)
- [Florinda Bolkan](https://cinepixo.com/people/florinda-bolkan)
- [Arturo Dominici](https://cinepixo.com/people/arturo-dominici)
- [Aldo Rendine](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-rendine)
- [Aleka Paizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleka-paizi)
- [Filippo De Gara](https://cinepixo.com/people/filippo-de-gara)
- [Gian Maria Volonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-maria-volonte)
- [Salvo Randone](https://cinepixo.com/people/salvo-randone)
- [Gianfranco Barra](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianfranco-barra)

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