The Violent Professionals | |
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Directed by | Sergio Martino |
Screenplay by | Ernesto Gastaldi [1] |
Story by | Ernesto Gastaldi [1] |
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Cinematography | Giancarlo Ferrando [1] |
Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso [1] |
Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis [1] |
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Distributed by | Interfilm |
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Running time | 104 minutes [1] |
Country | Italy [1] |
Box office | ₤1.162 billion |
The Violent Professionals (Italian: Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia) is a 1973 Italian Poliziotteschi gangster film directed by Sergio Martino. The film stars Luc Merenda (Giorgio Caneparo) who goes undercover as a getaway driver for the mob so he can wage a one-man war on crime to avenge the death of father-figure cop Gianni (Silvano Tranquilli).
In 2009 Empire named it #9 in a poll of the "20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)".
The Violent Professionals was released in Italy on 22 August 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm. [1] It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000 Italian lire. [1]
The film has been released in an English-language friendly DVD by Wild East and as a double feature from Alpha Video with Deadly Drifter . [1]
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