Brothers Till We Die

Brothers Till We Die
Brothers Till We Die
Directed by	Umberto Lenzi
Written by	Umberto Lenzi
Screenplay by	Umberto Lenzi
Produced by	Luciano Martino
Starring	Tomas Milian
Cinematography	Federico Zanni
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Music by	Franco Micalizzi
Production; companies	Dania Film; Medusa;
Distributed by	Medusa
Release date	18 August 1977 (Italy);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.523 billion

Brothers Till We Die (Italian: La banda del gobbo) is a 1977 Italian poliziottesco-action film by Umberto Lenzi and fifth and final entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe.^[3] This film is the last collaboration among Lenzi and Tomas Milian. In this movie Milian plays two characters, Vincenzo Marazzi a.k.a. "The Hunchback" that he already played for Lenzi in The Tough Ones, and his twin brother Sergio Marazzi a.k.a. "Er Monnezza", a role that he played for the first time in Lenzi's Free Hand for a Tough Cop and later resumed in Destruction Force by Stelvio Massi.^[4]

Plot

The notorious Italian criminal known as "Hunchback" (Italian: il gobbo) returns in Rome from Corsica after his imprisonment. Together with his younger brother and other accomplices, he plans to raid an armoured truck. But things go awry.

Cast

Tomas Milian: Vincenzo Marazzi, a.k.a. "Il Gobbo" (The Hunchback)/ Sergio Marazzi, a.k.a. "Er Monnezza" (a double role)
Pino Colizzi: Commissioner Sarti
Mario Piave: Commissioner Valenzi
Isa Danieli: Maria
Sal Borgese: Milo Dragovic, a.k.a. "Albanese"
Luciano Catenacci: Perrone
Guido Leontini: Mario Di Gennaro, a.k.a. "Er Sogliola"
Nello Pazzafini: Carmine Ciacci
Solvi Stubing: Marika Engver

Release

Brothers Til We Die was released in Italy on 18 August 1977 where it was distributed by Medusa.^[2] It grossed 1,523,844,720 Italian lire domestically.^[2]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c Curti 2013, p. 206.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Curti 2013, p. 207.
^ Mike Malloy Grindhouse Releasing Audio Commentary, 2019. Last accessed: February 2023.
^ Antonio Bruschini, Antonio Tentori. Città violente: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Tarab, 1998. p. 78.

References

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links

Brothers Till We Die at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013206-1] Curti 2013, p. 206.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013207-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Curti 2013, p. 207.

[3] Mike Malloy Grindhouse Releasing Audio Commentary, 2019. Last accessed: February 2023.

[4] Antonio Bruschini, Antonio Tentori. Città violente: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Tarab, 1998. p. 78.

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