Deadly Chase(film)
| Deadly Chase | |
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| Directed by | Franco Prosperi |
| Screenplay by | Franco Cifferi[2] |
| Story by | Franco Bottari[2] |
| Produced by | Pino Burricchi[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Cristiano Pogany[2] |
| Edited by | Alberto Gallitti[2] |
| Music by | Lino Corsetti[2] |
Production company | Holiday Cinematografica[1] |
| Distributed by | Nucleo Star |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤443.627 million |
Deadly Chase(Italian:Il commissario Verrazzano) is a 1978 Italian film directed byFranco Prosperi.[3][4]
Plot[edit]
Inspector Verrazzano is joined by the owner of an art gallery, Giulia Medici, who must investigate the death of her brother, whose case was filed a few months earlier as a suicide.
Cast[edit]
- Luc Merenda:Inspector Verrazzano
- Janet Agren:Giulia Medici
- Luciana Paluzzi:Rosy
- María Baxa:Kora Verelli
- Patrizia Gori:Giorgia
- Daniele Dublino:Inspector Biagi
- Giacomo Rizzo:Brigadeer Baldelli
- Gloria Piedimonte:Giorgia
- Isarco Ravaioli:Alberto Volci aka The Baron
- Chris Avram:Marco Verelli
- Attilio Dottesio:Notary Bruni
Style[edit]
Despite the films aggressive title,Deadly Chasewas described by Italian film historian Roberto Curti as a film that "moves away from out-and-outpoliziotteschiand its worn out schems and moves closer to the melancholic, contemplative vein offilm noir".[1]
Production[edit]
Deadly Chasewas the second of two films directed byFranco Prosperifor producer Pino Buricchi in 1978.[1]The film was shot at Incir de Paolis in Rome and in Nice.[1]
Release[edit]
Deadly Chasewas distributed theatrically in Italy by Nucleo Star on 8 December 1978.[1]The film grossed a total of 443,627,250Italian lira.[1]Italian film historian described this gross as poor, stating that the film was "evidence of Merenda's quick commercial decline as well as that of the genre itself"[1]
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References[edit]
References[edit]
- Curti, Roberto (2013).Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980.McFarland.ISBN978-0786469765.
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