| Days of Fire | |
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| Directed by | Mino Guerrini |
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| Produced by | Benito Pertaccini |
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| Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Enzo Micarelli |
| Music by | Egisto Macchi |
| Production company | Bema Film |
| Distributed by | I.N.D.I.E.F. |
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| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ₤83,977 million |
Days of Fire (Italian: Gangsters '70) is a 1968 Italian crime-thriller film written and directed by Mino Guerrini.
Premise
After being released from prison, elderly Destil plans a heist to secure a peaceful retirement. He forms a gang and attempts to steal a briefcase full of diamonds, but another group of criminals catches onto his plan.
Cast
- Joseph Cotten as Fabio Destil
- Franca Polesello as Franca
- Giulio Brogi as Rudy
- Giampiero Albertini as Sempre si
- Bruno Corazzari as Affattato
- Dennis Patrick Kilbane as Biochemist
- Jean Louis as Affatato's accomplice
- Milly Vitale as Anna
- Franco Ressel as Passenger
- Linda Sini
Production
Days of Fire was written by Fernando Di Leo under the title Elegia in un cimitero d'asfalto o Il sol nero (lit. 'Elegy in an Asphalt Cemetery or Black Sun)'.
Release
Days of Fire was distributed theatrically in Italy by I.N.D.I.E.F. on 30 April 1968. The film grossed a total of 83,977,000 Italian lire domestically. Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the movie was "unnoticed before critics and audiences alike". Curti stated the film was not re-discovered until the late 1990s.
The film has been released as Gangsters '70 and Days of Fire. It was released in Canada on VHS by the UVI label in Italian.
References
Footnotes
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 23.
- Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006.
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 24.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
- Days of Fire at IMDb
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