Street People (film)

Street People
Directed by	Maurizio Lucidi
Screenplay by	Ernest Tidyman Randal Kleiser Gianfranco Bucceri Roberto Leoni Nicola Badalucco Maurizio Lucidi [1]
Story by	Gianfranco Bucceri Roberto Leoni [1]
Produced by	Manolo Bolognini Luigi Borghese [1]
Starring	Roger Moore Stacy Keach Ivo Garrani Fausto Tozzi
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin [1]
Edited by	Renzo Lucidi [1]
Music by	Luis Enriquez Bacalov [1]
Production company	Aetos Produzioni [1]
Distributed by	Agora Cinematografica
Release date	30 March 1976 (1976-03-30)(Italy)
Running time	105 minutes [1]
Country	Italy [1]
Box office	₤458,098 million

Street People (Italian : Gli esecutori, also known as The Executors and The Sicilian Cross) is an Italian crime-action film directed in 1976 by Maurizio Lucidi. ^[2] It was written, among others, by the French Connection 's screenwriter, Ernest Tidyman. ^[3] It was released in United States by American International Pictures. ^[4]

Plot

An Anglo-Sicilian hit man and his driver must find out who put a shipment of heroin in a cross sent from Sicily to San Francisco.

Cast

• Roger Moore as Ulysses
• Stacy Keach as Charlie Hanson
• Ivo Garrani as Salvatore Francesco
• Fausto Tozzi as Nicoletta
• Ennio Balbo as Continenza
• Loretta Persichetti as Hannah
• Peter Martell as Pano
• Luigi Casellato as Pete
• Ettore Manni as Bishop Lopetri
• Rosemarie Lindt as Salvatore's girlfriend

Production

Street People was filmed at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in San Francisco and Agrigento. ^{[1] [5]}

Release

Street People was released theatrically in Italy on 30 March 1976 where it was distributed by Agora Cinematografica. ^{[1] [5]} It grossed a total of 458,098,620 Italian lire on its theatrical release. ^[5]

Reception

The Evening Independent's film critic Jim Moorehead wrote: "The problem [of the film] is that the story line makes very little sense. Same is true with the editing. Ditto the dialog". ^[3]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1976

Notes

1. Curti 2013, p. 197.
2. "Street People' Set For Release". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 31, 1976. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
3. Jim Moorhead (December 7, 1976). "Street People' A Pizza Pap". The Evening Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
4. "Crime film due". The Sun. July 25, 1976. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
5. Curti 2013, p. 198.

References

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

External links

• Street People at IMDb
• Street People at Rotten Tomatoes