MOVIES - Feb. 3, 1988

One-time Italian screen idol Rossano Brazzi was acquitted Monday of arms trafficking charges after a three-month trial in Venice. Brazzi, 71, one of Italy’s leading romantic screen actors after World War II with roles in “South Pacific� and “Little Women,� was among 22 people acquitted at the trial. Brazzi had been accused of international arms trafficking between 1982 and 1984--charges he consistently insisted were false. Nine co-defendants were found guilty of belonging to a network that supplied weapons and missiles to mercenaries and Middle East countries.