Shoot First, Die Later

Shoot First, Die Later
Shoot First, Die Later
Directed by	Fernando Di Leo
Screenplay by	Fernando Di Leo
Story by	Sergio Donati
Produced by	Galliano Juso; Ettore Rosboch;
Starring	Luc Merenda; Salvo Randone; Delia Boccardo;
Cinematography	Franco Villa
Edited by	Amedeo Giomini
Music by	Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Production; companies	Cinemaster; Mount Street Film; Mara Film;
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	22 March 1974 (Italy);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤676 million

Shoot First, Die Later (Italian: Il poliziotto è marcio) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco-noir film directed by Fernando Di Leo.^[2] Di Leo reprises some elements of the novel Rogue Cop by William P. McGivern.^[3] Luc Merenda later starred in two other Di Leo's films, Kidnap Syndicate and Nick the Sting.^[3]

Plot[edit]

A policeman who has dealings with local crime begins to get in over his head. At first content with taking payments for helping contraband tobacco and alcohol escape notice of the authorities, he draws the line when the criminals get into the drug smuggling business. A local busybody has inadvertently witnessed the disposal of one of their victims and reported their licence plates to the policeman's father, who is a sergeant. Gradually more people around him turn up dead and he becomes increasingly desperate.

Cast[edit]

Luc Merenda: Domenico Malacarne
Delia Boccardo: Sandra
Richard Conte: Mazzoni
Raymond Pellegrin: Pascal
Vittorio Caprioli: Esposito
Salvo Randone: Marshal Malacarne, father of Domenico
Gianni Santuccio: Quaestor
Elio Zamuto: Rio
Marisa Traversi: Countess Nevio
Aldo Valletti

Release[edit]

Shoot First, Die Later was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 22 March 1974.^[1] The film grossed a total of 675,994,000 Italian lire on its domestic release.^[1]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Curti 2013, p. 118.
^ Achille Valdata (May 24, 1974). "Il commissario è vendicativo". La Stampa.
^ ^a ^b Vari. Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo. Nocturno, 2004.

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013118-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Curti 2013, p. 118.

[2] Achille Valdata (May 24, 1974). "Il commissario è vendicativo". La Stampa.

[noct-3] Vari. Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo. Nocturno, 2004.

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