Deadly Chase (film)

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Deadly Chase
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Directed by Franco Prosperi
Screenplay byFranco Cifferi [1]
Story by Franco Bottari [1]
Produced byPino Burricchi [2]
Starring
Cinematography Cristiano Pogany [1]
Edited byAlberto Gallitti [1]
Music byLino Corsetti [1]
Production
company
Holiday Cinematografica [2]
Distributed byNucleo Star
Release date
  • 8 December 1978 (1978-12-08)(Italy)
Running time
95 minutes [2]
CountryItaly [2]
Box office ₤443.627 million

Deadly Chase (Italian : Il commissario Verrazzano) is a 1978 Italian film directed by Franco Prosperi. [3] [4]

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Plot

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

Style

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 ". [2]

Production

Deadly Chase was the second of two films directed by Franco Prosperi for producer Pino Buricchi in 1978. [2] The film was shot at Incir de Paolis in Rome and in Nice. [2]

Release

Deadly Chase was distributed theatrically in Italy by Nucleo Star on 8 December 1978. [2] The film grossed a total of 443,627,250 Italian lira. [2] 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" [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Curti 2013, p. 241.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curti 2013, p. 242.
  3. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.
  4. ↑ Roberto Curti (2006). Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN   8871805860.

References

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


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