Country: Italy
Year: 1976
Duration: 98'
Alfredo and Antonio are two rough-and-ready policemen who belong to a special squad that fights organized crime on equal terms. Free of almost all legal restrictions and with a license to kill, the two operate with merciless efficiency, covered by their superior each time they get into trouble. Things get complicated with the two begin to hunt down a dangerous criminal, Roberto Pasquini, the owner of a gambling den who lords it over Rome and has cohorts in every sector of organized crime.
Biography
film director
Ruggero Deodato
(Potenza, 1939 – Rome, 2022]) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and actor. He first specialized in comedies and detective movies, but made his name above all with horror movies. Famous for the extreme content of his films, he often had to deal with censorship and the law in Italy, such as in the case of his most violent detective movie Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (Live Like a Cop, Die Like a man, 1976), which was censored just when it was released, and the famous “Cannibal Trilogy,” which includes Ultimo mondo cannibale (Last Cannibal World, 1977); Cannibal Holocaust (1980), still today his most famous movie; and Inferno in diretta (Cut and Run, 1985). During the 1970s and through the '90s, in particular, besides his film career, he also worked in TV, directing episodes of TV series, and in advertising, shooting commercials for Piaggio, Fiat, Philips, Carrera, and many other companies.
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Ruggero Deodato. STORY: Fernando Di Leo, Alberto Marras,Vincenzo Salviani. SCREENPLAY: Fernando Di Leo. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Guglielmo Mancori. EDITING: Gianfranco Simoncelli. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Franco Bottari. MUSIC: Ubaldo Continiello. CAST: Marc Porel, Ray Lovelock, Silvia Dionisio, Renato Salvatori, Adolfo Celi, Franco Citti, Alvaro Vitali, Marino Masè, Sergio Ammirata, Bruno Corazzari, Daniele Dublino, Sofia Dionisio, Margherita Horowitz, Gino Pagnani. PRODUCERS: Alberto Marras, Vincenzo Salviani. PRODUCTION: C.P.C. Città di Milano, TPL Cinematografica.
