Deadly Chase (film)
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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 by Franco 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 Chase was described by Italian film historian Roberto Curti as a film that "moves away from out-and-out poliziotteschi and its worn out schems and moves closer to the melancholic, contemplative vein of film noir".[1]
Production
[edit]Deadly Chase was the second of two films directed by Franco Prosperi for producer Pino Buricchi in 1978.[1] The film was shot at Incir de Paolis in Rome and in Nice.[1]
Release
[edit]Deadly Chase was distributed theatrically in Italy by Nucleo Star on 8 December 1978.[1] The film grossed a total of 443,627,250 Italian 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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]References
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
[edit]- Deadly Chase at IMDb
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