The Good Bad Guy

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The Good Bad Guy
Italian Killer per caso
Directed by Ezio Greggio
Written byEzio Greggio
Rudy De Luca
Produced byEzio Greggio
StarringEzio Greggio
Jessica Lundy
CinematographyMassimo Zeri
Edited byMarc Grossman
Music byJohn Dickson
Distributed byMedusa
Release date
  • 26 January 1997 (1997-01-26)(Italy)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesItaly
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Italian
Box office$0.7 million (Italy) [1]

The Good Bad Guy (Italian : Killer per caso) is a 1997 Italian-American comedy film directed by Ezio Greggio. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Reception

The film opened on 58 screens in Italy and grossed $323,173 for the weekend, ranking seventh at the Italian box office. [5]

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References

  1. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 14 February 1997. p. 47.
  2. "The Good Bad Guy (1997)". Film Affinity. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. "Greggio, un killer si aggira per 'Striscia'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 January 1997. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. Maurizio Porro (3 February 1997). "Killer per caso". Corriere della Sera .
  5. "International box office". Screen International . 7 February 1997. p. 41. $1=L1,600