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Directed by Stavros Tsiolis Starring Nikos Kourkoulos Production
company Finos Film Director Stavros Tsiolis Production company Finos Film | 6.9/10 IMDb Produced by Finos Film Music by Mimis Plessas Initial release September 1971 Music director Mimis Plessas Written by Nikos Foskolos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 23 March 1971 (1971-03-23) Cast Nikos Kourkoulos, Manos Katrakis, Spyros Kalogirou, Betty Livanou, Giannis Argyris Similar Visibility Zero, Katigoro tous anthropous, Me fovon kai pathos, In the Name of the Law, Koinonia - ora miden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abuse of Power (Greek: Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας) is a 1971 film starring Nikos Kourkoulos, Betty Livanou and Manos Katrakis.
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Plot
Nikos Kourkoulos plays Haridimos Tsiontis, a student who becomes a police detective and a member of the drug squad looking for the killers of his drug-addicted brother. His unconventional tactics get him in trouble with his superiors but they eventually relent and allow him to continue his investigation. The drug dealers discover his identity and force him to become a drug addict. In the end, Tsiontis recovers from his drug addiction and manages to get the drug kingpin arrested. His superior officer congratulates him and offers him a permanent job as a member of the drug squad but Tsiontis refuses and returns to his studies.
Reception
Abuse of Power was the fourth most commercially successful film of 1971 in Greece.
Cast
Release
The film premiered in Greece on 23 March 1971.