Dirty Weekend (1973) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1973 · 107 mins · Italian

Directed by

Dino Risi

Starring

Piero Mazzinghi, Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed, Lionel Stander, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Aldo Rendine

A man and his mistress set out for a carefree weekend, only to be seized by three bank robbers. The captors turn the pair into sensational media figures as police and reporters swarm the story. The chase ends at a dilapidated shack owned by a cantankerous old man, where law enforcement surrounds them and the robbers menacingly threaten everyone’s lives.