Cry Chicago

Cry Chicago
Directed by Javier Setó
Written by Javier Setó
Luigi Mondello
Starring Jeffrey Hunter, Guglielmo Spoletini, Gogó Rojo, Eduardo Fajardo, Víctor Israel
Cinematography Emilio Foriscot
Edited by Antonio Gimeno
Release dates
22 September 1969
Running time
105 minutes
Country Spain
Italy
Language Spanish
Italian
Budget 8 169 771 ESP

Cry Chicago (originally ¡Viva América!, Italian: La vera storia di Frank Mannata) is a 1969 Spanish-Italian crime film directed by the Catalan film director Javier Setó (in the credit Saviero Seto), starring Jeffrey Hunter, Guglielmo Spoletini, Eduardo Fajardo, Víctor Israel, Pier Angeli, Margaret Lee and Gogó Rojo.

Plot

After the Great Depression Francesco Mannata it starts to America from Sicily to his brother Salvatore in Chicago. Francesco takes the name Frank Mannata and with Salvatore and our sister, Rosella begin the organization of a mafia empire. The mafia war breaks out between the Sicilian Mannatas and the Italo-Irish O'Connor-Messina gangs. Many people die in this conflicts (including Salvatore and Rose), finally Frank Mannata also killed by minor gangster Dr. MacDonald.

Information about the film

Setó's movie partly is the epigon of crime film They Paid with Bullets: Chicago 1929 (1969) of Julio Diamante.

While in Spain in November 1968 to film Cry Chicago, Jeffrey Hunter was injured in an on-set explosion when a car window near him, which had been rigged to explode outward, accidentally exploded inward.[1] Hunter sustained a serious concussion. According to Hunter's wife Emily, he "...went into shock" on the plane ride back to the United States after filming. After landing, Hunter was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles but doctors could not find any serious injuries.[2] On May 26, 1969, Hunter suffered an intracranial hemorrhage in Van Nuys, California.[1][2] He fell and struck his head on a banister, fracturing his skull.[3] He was found unconscious and taken to Valley Presbyterian Hospital where he underwent brain surgery to repair his injuries. He died the following morning at the age of 42.[4]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 Ferguson, Michael (2003). Idol Worship: A Shameless Celebration of Male Beauty in the Movies. Michael. p. 100. ISBN 1-891-85548-4.
  2. 1 2 Gilpatrick, Kristin (2002). Famous Wisconsin Film Stars. Badger Books Inc. p. 73. ISBN 1-878-56986-4.
  3. "Hunter Lost His Balance". Times Daily. May 29, 1969. p. 10.
  4. "Jeff Hunter, Movie Actor, Dies Tuesday". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. May 28, 1969. p. 4.

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