Gang War in Naples

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Gang War in Naples
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Film poster
Directed by Pasquale Squitieri
Screenplay byPasquale Squitieri [1]
Story byPasquale Squitieri [1]
Produced bySergio Bonotti [1]
Starring
CinematographyGiulio Albonico [1]
Edited byDaniele Alabiso [1]
Music by Manuel De Sica [1]
Production
companies
  • Mondial Te. Fi.
  • Europa Film
  • Parafrance [1]
Distributed by Titanus
Release dates
  • 24 August 1972 (1972-08-24)(Italy)
  • 30 August 1972 (1972-08-30)(France)
Running time
113 minutes [1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France [1]
Box office ₤1,345 billion

Gang War in Naples (Italian : Camorra) is a 1972 crime film written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri. [2] [1]

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Cast

Production

Gang War in Naples was director Pasquale Squitieri's fourth film after directing three spaghetti Westerns. [1] Fabio Testi was cast in the film as Tonino Russo after Squitieri saw him in Le Tueur with Jean Gabin. [1] Squitieri went to Paris to meet him despite his producers wanting to cast Massimo Ranieri and Martin Balsam for the roles. [1] Squitieri explained that he "didn't have anything against those actors, but I needed someone who would scare the audience when he came on the screen, and Fabio Testi, with his imposing physique, was just perfect." [1] Squitieri also cast Raymond Pellegrin, noting that Pellegrin "was my idol, he starred in a movie I adore, André Cayatte's Are We All Murderers? ." [3] Squiteri also declared casting Jean Seberg was easy as she was Testi's girlfriend at the time. [3]

The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Naples. [1]

Release

Gang War in Naples was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 24 August 1972. [1] The film grossed a total of 1,345,608,000 Italian lire domestically. [1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described the box office success of the film in Italy was to the Camorra what The Godfather was to film on the Sicilian mafia". [1]

It was distributed in France on 30 August 1972 with a 100-minute running time as Les tueurs a gages. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Curti 2013, p. 59.
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059350.
  3. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 60.

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