Gang War in Milan
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| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
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| Cinematography | Lamberto Caimi[2] |
| Edited by | Iolanda Benvenuti[2] |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli[1] |
Production company | Lombard Film[1] |
| Distributed by | Variety Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤631.702 million |
Gang War in Milan (Italian: Milano rovente, lit. 'Scorching Hot Milan') is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi.[3][4]
Cast
[edit]- Antonio Sabàto: Salvatore Cangemi
- Philippe Leroy: Roger Daverty
- Marisa Mell: Jasmina
- Antonio Casagrande: Lino Caruso
- Carla Romanelli: Virginia
- Tano Cimarosa: Nino Balsamo
Production
[edit]Gang War in Milan was Umberto Lenzi's first entry in the crime genre after making several spy and action films in the 1960s.[1] Lenzi stated in an interview that both the film's story and script were by Franco Enna, a giallo novelist who lived in Switzerland and that the credited writer Ombretta Lanza was a daughter of one of the producers who attributed to the story.[1] Lenzi than later claimed that he completely re-wrote the script as it was closer to a 1930s crime film than a film noir.[1]
It was filmed at Icet - De Paolis Studios in Milan and on location in Milan.[1]
Release
[edit]Gang War in Milan was released theatrically in Italy on 23 February 1973 where it was distributed by Variety Film.[1] The film grossed a total of 631.702 million Italian lira on its release.[1]
Reception
[edit]Director Umberto Lenzi later felt that the film's story had "a basic error on the behalf of the producers [...]. We shouldn't have made the protagonist a pimp. You can have a pickpocket, a drug dealer, or a killer, but not a pimp, because the viewer doesn't sympathize with him. He's a dirty soundrel with whom you can't identify"[5]
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
[edit]- Gang War in Milan at IMDb
- (in Italian) Film locations in Milan Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
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