Tony Arzenta

Tony Arzenta
Italian film poster for Tony Arzenta
Directed by	Duccio Tessari
Produced by	Luciano Martino Alain Delon Raymond Danon[1]
Screenplay by	Ugo Liberauce Franco Verucci Roberto Gandus[1]
Story by	Franco Verucci
Starring	Alain Delon Richard Conte Carla Gravina
Music by	Gianni Ferrio[1]
Cinematography	Silvano Ippoliti[1]
Edited by	Mario Morra[1]
Production companies	Mondial Te.Fe Adel Productions[1]
Distributed by	Titanus (Italy)
Release dates	August 23, 1973 (France) September 7, 1973 (Italy)
Running time	113 minutes[1]
Country	Italy France[1]
Box office	₤1.945 billion (Italy) 866,746 admissions (France)[2]

Tony Arzenta (internationally released as Big Guns and No Way Out) is a 1973 Italian noir film directed by Duccio Tessari. The film had a good commercial success.^[3]

Plot

The hitman Tony Arzenta, after deciding to get out of the business, witnesses the killing of his wife and daughter. Afterwards, he takes revenge^[4] on a journey that takes him both to Hamburg and Copenhagen.^[5]

Cast

• Alain Delon: Tony Arzenta
• Richard Conte: Nick Gusto
• Carla Gravina: Sandra
• Marc Porel: Domenico Maggio
• Roger Hanin: Carré
• Nicoletta Machiavelli: Anna Arzenta
• Lino Troisi: Rocco Cutitta
• Silvano Tranquilli: Montani, the Interpol officer
• Corrado Gaipa: Arzenta's Father
• Umberto Orsini: Isnello, Gusto's right-hand man
• Giancarlo Sbragia: Luca Dennino
• Erika Blanc: The prostitute
• Ettore Manni: Gesmundo, the sauna owner
• Loredana Nusciak: Gesmundo's Lover
• Rosalba Neri: Cutitta's Wife
• Maria Pia Conte: Carré's Secretary
• Anton Diffring: Hans Grunwald
• Alberto Farnese: The Man who meets Carré in the nightclub

Release

Tony Arzenta was released in France on August 23, 1973.^[6] The film was released in Italy on September 7, 1973 where it was distributed by Titanus.^[1] It grossed a total of 1,945,982,000 Italian lire on its release.^[1]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1973
• List of French films of 1973

Footnotes

1. Curti 2013, p. 72.
2. Box office information for film at Box Office Story
3. Roberto Chiesi. Alain Delon. Gremese Editore, 2002.
4. American Film Institute, Center for Understanding Media, University of Southern California. Division of Cinema. Filmfacts , Volumi 16-20.
5. "No Way Out (1973)". Chris's Cult Cataloque (in Danish). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
6. "Tony Arzenta" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved November 29, 2015.

References

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

External links

• Tony Arzenta at the Internet Movie Database