| Sexycop | |
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| Directed by | Duccio Tessari |
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| Based on | La Madama by
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| Produced by | Giorgio Venturini |
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| Cinematography | Giulio Albonico |
| Edited by | Mario Morra |
| Music by | Manuel De Sica |
| Production company | Filmes Cinematographica |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
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| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
Sexycop (Italian: La Madama) 1976 Italian crime comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru.
Plot
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Cast
- Christian De Sica as Vito Militiello
- Carole André as "La Madama"
- Tom Skerritt as Jack
- Ines Pellegrini as Irma
- Oreste Lionello as Inspector Solmi
- Ettore Manni as Sante Tonnaro
- Gigi Ballista as The Venetian
- Francesco De Rosa as Squillace
Production
Sexycop was based on the novel La Madama written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru. The term Madama itself, was a Rome-based slang for Italy's mobile police, similar to the English slang "the fuzz". The book was the third in a series of novels and was adapted to film by director Duccio Tessari who turned the film into more of a comedy oriented film.
Release
Sexycop was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 16 January 1976. It grossed a total of 173,627,420 Italian lire domestically. The film has also been released as La Madama l'agente Minchiello e il caso Patacchioni. Italian film historian Roberto Curti described the Italian box office as "disappointing".
Reception
Curti stated that contemporary critics "ravaged the film". Corriere della Sera's Renato Palazzo found the film to be closer to "the childish comic-adventure series starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill" noting that "this formula has been frayed for a long time." Orio Caldiron of La Rivista del cinematografo stated that although Tessari has never been a master filmmaker, wondered how far he could have lost his way with the film.
See also
References
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 194.
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- Caldiron, Orio (May 1976). "La Madama". La Rivista del cinematografo. No. 5. p. 205.
Bibliography
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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