Street People (film)

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Street People
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Directed by Maurizio Lucidi
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Gianfranco Bucceri
  • Roberto Leoni [1]
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Aiace Parolin [1]
Edited by Renzo Lucidi [1]
Music by Luis Enriquez Bacalov [1]
Production
company
Aetos Produzioni [1]
Distributed byAgora Cinematografica
Release date
  • 30 March 1976 (1976-03-30)(Italy)
Running time
105 minutes [1]
CountryItaly [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]

Contents

Plot

Cast

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Curti 2013, p. 197.
  2. ↑ "Street People' Set For Release". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 31, 1976. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Curti 2013, p. 198.

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