Death Hunt (1977 film)

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Death Hunt
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Directed by Tano Cimarosa
Written byTano Cimarosa
Starring Al Cliver
Ninetto Davoli
CinematographyGiovanni Raffaldi
Music byAlberto Baldan Bembo
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
LanguageItalian

Death Hunt (Italian : No alla violenza) is a 1977 Italian "poliziottesco" film written and directed by Tano Cimarosa and starring Al Cliver and Ninetto Davoli. [1] [2]

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Plot

Cast

Reception

Film critic Giovanni Buttafava referred to the film as "a Death Wish of sorts, halfway between the average Turkish epic and a naïve Fassbinder film." [3] Film critic Roberto Curti called it "simply disarming in its naiveness." [2]

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.
  2. 1 2 Roberto Curti (22 October 2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN   978-0786469765.
  3. Giovanni Buttafava. "Una videoteca ideale," in Aa. Vv., Il Patalogo cinque & sei: Annuario 1983 dello spettacolo. Cinema & Televisione + Video. Ubulibri, 1983.