Counselor at Crime
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| Directed by | Alberto de Martino |
| Produced by | Edmondo Amati[1] |
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| Music by | Riz Ortolani[1] |
| Cinematography | Aristide Massaccesi |
| Edited by | Otello Colangeli[1] |
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| Distributed by | Fida Cinematografica |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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| Box office | ₤685.486 million |
Counselor at Crime (Italian: Il consigliori, also known as The Counsellor) is an Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Alberto De Martino.[2][3][4]
Cast
- Tomas Milian: Thomas Accardo
- Martin Balsam: Don Antonio Macaluso
- Francisco Rabal: Vincent Garofalo
- Dagmar Lassander: Laura Murchison
- Perla Cristal: Dorothy
- Carlo Tamberlani: Don Michele Villabate
- Manuel Zarzo: Dorsiello
- John Anderson: Don Vito Albanese
- Sacheen Littlefeather: Maggie
- George Rigaud: Priest
- Eduardo Fajardo: Calogero Vezza
- Nello Pazzafini: Killer in Polizzi Generosa
Production
Counselor at Crime was filmed at Cinecitta in Rome, Estudios Cinematograficos in Madrid and on location in San Francisco, Albuquerque, Palermo and Sicily.[1]
The cinematography was done by Joe D'Amato and credited as Aristide Massaccesi.[1] Director Alberto de Martino spoke positively on working with D'Amato, stating that he "didn't talk nonsense, he knew how to do his job, and he was quick. It took him a couple of seconds to understand how to light a scene. And whenever he was in trouble with the lighting, he would take the camera in his own hands"[1]
De Martino admitted to having trouble during the screenwriting of the film, stating that he initially wrote the script with his collaborators.[1] They later hired Leonardo Martin to write another part and when they gave the script to producer Edmondo Amati, he stated that it was alright but wanted the dialogue o be revised by his friend Michael Gazzo.[1] A month later, Gazzo sent him a script that was entirely re-written.[1][5]
De Martino also spoke about Dagmar Lassander, stating the he "cast her in Rome a couple of months before shooting stared. She'd just had a baby and I told he had to lose weight. She said 'Of course, one month's a long time!".[5] When arriving in Albuquerque, she had not lost the weight and De Martino kept her in the film as he would not be able to find a replacement.[5]
Release
Counselor at Crime was released in Italy on August 30, 1973 where it was distributed by Fida Cinematografica.[1] The film grossed a total of 685,486,000 Italian lire in Italy.[1]
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Curti 2013, p. 79.
- ↑ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
- ↑ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.
- ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- 1 2 3 Curti 2013, p. 80.
References
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.