Lianella Carell

A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job (imdb)

Back in his village, former war prisoner Bruno Baldi is dead set on avenging his brother who has been shot by a German firing squad after being given away by a villager. But nobody wants to give him the name of the culprit. At long last, Antonio, a joiner, admits that he is the informer. Bruno kills him but before dying Antonio reveals that he has accused himself only to save the real guilty party...

Semi-burlesque concerning the captain of an Italian fruit freighter who is suddenly drawn into a series of war-time adventures. (bfi)

In 1951, two years after the "scandal" of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small production company, Novissima Film. With little means, a number of technical and financial problems and working Sundays with the pieces of film given to him bit by bit, Cottafavi shot Una donna ha ucciso, a minor film that marked his comeback to directing. (Gianni Rondolino)

Another of Cottafavi's woman-in-search-of emancipation pictures, vaguely Ophulsian or Antonioniesque in tone. They all seem to follow a similar pattern: a woman explores romantic and sexual possibilities, then opts for solitude in the last act. (European Film Review comments)

A young man is undecided about getting married. His friend, an experienced bachelor, constantly tries to dissuade him, warning him about the dangers of getting too attached to a woman.