Terror in Rome

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Terror in Rome
Terror in Rome poster.jpg
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • Massimo Felisatti
  • Luigi Mordini
  • Giuseppe Maggi [1]
Story by
  • Massimo Felisatti
  • Sergio Grieco [1]
Starring Antonio Sabàto
CinematographySergio Martinelli [1]
Edited byGiancarlo Venarucci [1]
Music by Lallo Gori [1]
Production
company
David Film [1]
Distributed byC.I.A.
Release date
  • 12 August 1976 (1976-08-12)(Italy)
Running time
85 minutes [1]
CountryItaly [1]
Box office ₤518.107 million

Terror in Rome (Italian : I violenti di Roma bene), also known as Violence for Kicks, is a 1976 Italian "poliziottesco" film. written and directed by Sergio Grieco and Massimo Felisatti, credited as Segri & Ferrara. It is loosely inspired by the Circeo massacre, in which three young men abducted, and then raped and tortured, two young women over a two-day period. [1] [2]

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Plot

A gang of bikers terrorize the streets of Rome.

Cast

Production

Terror in Rome was filmed at Cave Film Studio in Rome and on location in Rome. [1]

Release

Terror in Rome was distributed theatrically in Italy by C.I.A. on 12 August 1976. [1] The film grossed a total of 518,107,310 lire domestically. [1] It was released in France in 1979 as La Nuit de excitcées with additional sex scenes. [3]

Reception

In his analysis of the film, Roberto Curti heavily criticized it, noting that "the story is stretched beyond belief" and that "the budget is so poor that Terror In Rome could well pass for a Turkish movie", and eventually complaining that "the film is so badly written and directed that it is hard to believe it came from such an experienced filmmaker as Grieco and a renowned writer as Felisatti." [1] [3]

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References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Curti 2013, p. 199.
  2. ↑ Antonio Bruschini, Antonio Tentori (1998). Città violente: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Tarab, 1998. ISBN   8886675526.
  3. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 200.

Sources

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


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