Crime Boss (film)

Crime Boss
Directed by	Alberto De Martino
Screenplay by	Lucio Manlio Battistrada Alberto De Martino [1]
Story by	Lucio Manlio Battisrada Luigi Mordini [1]
Produced by	Gino Mordini [1]
Starring	Antonio Sabàto Telly Savalas Paola Tedesco
Cinematography	Aristide Massaccesi [1]
Edited by	Otello Colangeli [1]
Music by	Francesco De Masi [1]
Production company	Claudia Cinematografica [1]
Distributed by	P.A.C.
Release date	8 August 1972 (1972-08-08)(Italy)
Running time	103 minutes [1]
Country	Italy [1]
Box office	₤498.812 million

Crime Boss (Italian : I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti, "The victims' families won't be told") is a 1972 Italian crime film directed by Alberto De Martino.

Production

Crime Boss was filmed at Incir-De Paolis Film Studios in Rome and on location in Milan, Palermo, Rome and Hamburg. ^[1] Director Alberto De Martino joked about the film later, stating it was "the story of Caesar and Brutus, essentially [...] a bit like Shakespears so to speak." ^[2]

Release

Crime Boss was released theatrically in Italy on 8 August 1972 where it was distributed by P.A.C. ^[1] The film grossed 498,812,000 Italian lire on its domestic release. ^[1]

Reception

From a retrospective review, film historian Roberto Curti praised Aristide Massaccesi's "efficient camerawork" but that the film does not "live up to its impressive opening", noting that Lucio Battistrada's screenplay "becomes cliché-ridden" and that Antonio Sabàto was "wooden as usual". ^{[1] [2]}

Footnotes

1. Curti 2013, p. 55.
2. Curti 2013, p. 56.

References

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

External links

• Crime Boss at IMDb