Street Law (film)

Street Law
Street Law
	Italian film poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by	Enzo G. Castellari
Screenplay by	Massimo De Rita; Dino Maiuri;
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Franco Nero; Giancarlo Prete; Barbara Bach; Renzo Palmer;
Cinematography	Carlo Carlini
Edited by	Gianfranco Amicucci
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Production; company	Capital Film
Distributed by	Cineriz
Release date	17 September 1974 (Italy);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.723 billion

Street Law (Italian: Il cittadino si ribella, lit. "The Citizen Rebels") is a 1974 poliziotteschi film. It stars Franco Nero, Barbara Bach and was directed by Enzo G. Castellari.

Plot

Carlo Antonelli (Franco Nero) is an engineer from Genoa who is mugged. After the police drop their investigation, he decides to take justice into his own hands. The muggers beat him again, but a young robber helps him to take his revenge.

Cast

Franco Nero as Carlo Antonelli
Giancarlo Prete as Tommy
Barbara Bach as Barbara
Renzo Palmer as Inspector
Nazzareno Zamperla as Beard
Romano Puppo as Ringleader

Production

The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Genoa.^[1]

According to Castellari the producer, Mario Cecchi Gori, did not want him to shoot the opening sequence the way he wanted due to budget constraints.^[2] Castellari circumvented this by shooting a little every day without pay and without a shooting permit, by agreement with the stuntmen and crew.^[2]

Releases

Street Law was released on 17 September 1974 in Italy, where it was distributed by and grossed 1,723,405,000 lire.^[1] The film's commercial success paved the way for the most critically panned subgenre of poliziotteschi, the vigilante film.^[1] Other vigilante films, such as Death Wish, had not yet been released in Italy.^[1]

The film was released in the United Kingdom under the title Vigilante II.^[1]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Curti 2013, p. 122.
^ ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 123.

References

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

Street Law at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013122-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Curti 2013, p. 122.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013123-2] Curti 2013, p. 123.

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