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1973 film directed by Sergio Martino

The Violent Professionals
English-language poster
Directed by	Sergio Martino
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Story by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Produced by	Luciano Martino Carlo Ponti
Starring	Luc Merenda Richard Conte Silvano Tranquilli Carlo Alighiero
Cinematography	Giancarlo Ferrando
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Production companies	Dania Film Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Distributed by	Interfilm
Release date	22 August 1973 (1973-08-22) (Italy)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.162 billion

The Violent Professionals (Italian: Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia) is a 1973 Italian Poliziotteschi gangster film directed by Sergio Martino. The film stars Luc Merenda (Giorgio Caneparo) who goes undercover as a getaway driver for the mob so he can wage a one-man war on crime to avenge the death of father-figure cop Gianni (Silvano Tranquilli).

In 2009 Empire named it #9 in a poll of the "20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)".

Cast

Luc Merenda as Commissioner Giorgio Caneparo
Richard Conte as Padulo aka Salassolio
Silvano Tranquilli as Gianni Viviani
Carlo Alighiero as Commissioner Nicastro
Martine Brochard as Maria
Chris Avram as Commissioner Del Buono
Lia Tanzi as the prostitute
Antonio Casale as Casardi
Luciano Rossi as Cruciani

Release

The Violent Professionals was released in Italy on 22 August 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm. It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000 Italian lire.

The film has been released in an English-language friendly DVD by Wild East and as a double feature from Alpha Video with Deadly Drifter.

Footnotes

^ Curti 2013, p. 102.

References

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

External links

The Violent Professionals at IMDb
(in Italian) Film locations in Milan

v t e Films directed by Sergio Martino
Arizona Colt Returns (1970) The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) All the Colors of the Dark (1972) Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) The Violent Professionals (1973) Torso (1973) Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) La bellissima estate (1974) The Visitor (1974) Gambling City (1975) Sex with a Smile (1975) The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) Silent Action (1975) Sex with a Smile II (1976) Mannaja (1977) Slave of the Cannibal God (1978) The Great Alligator River (1979) Island of the Fishmen (1979) Cornetti alla crema (1981) Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981) The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982) 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983) L'allenatore nel pallone (1984) Vendetta dal futuro (1986) The Opponent (1988) Casablanca Express (1989) Un orso chiamato Arturo (1992) L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (2008)

Films directed by Sergio Martino

Arizona Colt Returns (1970)
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
The Violent Professionals (1973)
Torso (1973)
Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)
La bellissima estate (1974)
The Visitor (1974)
Gambling City (1975)
Sex with a Smile (1975)
The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
Silent Action (1975)
Sex with a Smile II (1976)
Mannaja (1977)
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
The Great Alligator River (1979)
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
Cornetti alla crema (1981)
Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981)
The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
L'allenatore nel pallone (1984)
Vendetta dal futuro (1986)
The Opponent (1988)
Casablanca Express (1989)
Un orso chiamato Arturo (1992)
L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (2008)

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