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Last Days of Mussolini   1974         N/R, 126 min. Genre: Drama aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto Director: Carlo Lizzani   Cast: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Henry Fonda, Bruno Corazzari, Manfred Freyberger, Lino Capolicchio, Marco Guglielmi, Tom Felleghy, Luciano Pigozzi, John Stacy, Giuseppe Addobbati, Andrea Aureli, Umberto Raho   The last days of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) are the focus of this violent drama. Mussolini realizes that the Italian people are turning against him, and, with his mistress Claretta Petacci (Lisa Gastoni) by his side, he attempts an escape to Switzerland. At the same time, he is trying to hide from the Nazis, the Allies, the Italian government, and Italian freedom fighters—all of whom are on his trail. Cast Rod Steiger Benito Mussolini Franco Nero Colonel Valerio Lisa Gastoni Claretta Petacci Henry Fonda Cardinal Schuster Lino Capolicchio Pedro Tom Felleghy Allied Commander Luciano Pigozzi Giulio John Stacy Allied Commander