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.
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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