Comandamenti per un gangster

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Comandamenti per un gangster
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Directed by Alfio Caltabiano
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Alfio Caltabiano
  • Dario Argento
Produced bySalvatore Argento [1]
Starring
CinematographyMilorad Markovic [1]
Edited by Eugenio Alabiso [1]
Music by Ennio Morricone
Production
companies
  • Triumph Film 67
  • Prodi Cinematografica
  • Avala Film [1]
Distributed byD.C.I.
Release dates
  • 22 May 1968 (1968-05-22)(Italy)
  • 1968 (1968)(Yugoslavia)
Running time
96 minutes [2]
Countries
  • Italy
  • Yugoslavia [2]
Box office 106.073 million

Comandamenti per un gangster (Commandments for a Gangster) is a 1968 gangster film directed by Alfio Caltabiano

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Production

Comandamenti per un gangster was Alfio Caltabiano's second film as a director. [2] It was co-written by film critic and future director Dario Argento. [2] The films script showcases several traits that would later become part of Argento's directorial career. [2] This includes an unseen murderer with black gloves, shots from a murderer's point of view and having the murderer being identified by a physical detail, a scar on his face. [2] The film was shot on location in Yugoslavia. [2]

Release

Comandamenti per un gangster was released in Italy on 22 May 1968 where it was distributed by D.C.I. [2] It grossed a total of 106.073 million Italian lire on its release. [2] It was released in Yugoslavia as Poslednji obracun in 1968. [2]

Reception

In a contemporary review, Pietro Bianchi wrote in Il Giorno that the film was "a skillful attempt at applying the Western formula to the Gangster movie trappings" [2] [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2013, p. 17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Curti 2013, p. 18.
  3. Curti 2013, p. 19.

References

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