Emergency Squad (1974 film)

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Emergency Squad
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Directed by Stelvio Massi
Screenplay by
Story byDardano Sacchetti [1]
Starring
Cinematography Sergio Rubini [1]
Edited byMauro Bonnani [1]
Music by Stelvio Cipriani [1]
Production
company
C.B.A. Produttori e Distributori Associati [1]
Distributed byJumbo Cinematografica
Release date
  • 24 April 1974 (1974-04-24)(Italy)
Running time
90 minutes [1]
CountryItaly [1]
Box office ₤985.981 million

Emergency Squad (Italian : Squadra volante) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Cast

Release

Emergency Squad was distributed theatrically in Italy on 24 April 1974 by Jumbo Cinematografica. [1] The film grossed a total of 985,981,000 Italian lire. [1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Emergency Squad as a "surprising commercial hit" on its initial theatrical release. [1] [5]

Director Stelvio Massi recalled that on the film's premiere in Rome he was deeply embarrassed by the audience's reaction to a scene where bandits shoot a police car that explodes as the audience greeted the scene with rapturous applause. [1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curti 2013, p. 110.
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.
  3. ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN   8820029197.
  4. ↑ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN   8871805860.
  5. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 111.

Sources

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


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