Mark of the Cop

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Mark of the Cop
Mark il poliziotto.jpg
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Directed by Stelvio Massi
Screenplay by
Story by Dardano Sacchetti [1]
Cinematography Marcello Gatti [1]
Edited byMauro Bonanni [1]
Music by Stelvio Cipriani [1]
Production
company
Produzioni Atlas Consorziate [1]
Distributed byProduzioni Atlas Consorziate
Release date
  • August 1, 1975 (1975-08-01)(Italy)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
Box office 1.667 billion

Mark il poliziotto (internationally released as Mark of the Cop, Blood, Sweat and Fear and Mark the Narc) is an Italian poliziottesco film directed in 1975 by Stelvio Massi. The film obtained a great commercial success and generated two sequels, Mark il poliziotto spara per primo and Mark colpisce ancora . [2] The film marked the breakthrough for the lead actor, Franco Gasparri, who was already a star of Italian fotoromanzi. [2]

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Release

Mark of the Cop was released in on August 1, 1975 in Italy where it was distributed by Produzioni Atlas Consorziate. [1] It grossed a total of 1,667,090,170 Italian lire during its theatrical release in Italy. [1] The film has been released in the United States as Mark of the Cop and in Europe as Mark the Narc. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. p. 126. ISBN   978-0786469765.
  2. 1 2 Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006.