Mark Shoots First

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Mark Shoots First
Mark-of-the-cop-poster.jpg
Directed by Stelvio Massi
Screenplay by
  • Dardano Scchetti
  • Teodoro Corra
  • Raniero Di Giovanbattista
  • Stelvio Massi [1]
Story byDardano Sacchetti [1]
Starring
CinematographyFederico Zanni [1]
Edited byMauro Bonanni [1]
Music byAdriano Fabi [1]
Production
company
P.A.C. [1]
Distributed byP.A.C.
Release date
  • 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)(Italy)
Running time
100 minutes [1]
CountryItaly [1]
Box office 1.227 billion

Mark il poliziotto spara per primo (internationally released as Mark Shoots First) is an Italian poliziottesco film directed in 1975 by Stelvio Massi. [2] It is the sequel of Mark il poliziotto . [3]

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Release

Mark Shoots First was released theatrically in Italy on 22 December 1975 where it was distributed by P.A.C. (Produzioni Atlas Cinematografica). [1] The film grossed ₤1.227 billion Italian lira in Italy. [4]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curti 2013, p. 143.
  2. D. Giacomelli. "Il commissario bello". La Stampa . p. 7.
  3. Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006.
  4. Curti 2013, p. 144.

Sources

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