Street Law (film)
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| Directed by | Enzo G. Castellari |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori[1] |
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| Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis[1] |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini[1] |
| Edited by | Gianfranco Amicucci[1] |
Production company |
Capital Film |
| Distributed by | Cineriz |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤1.723 billion |
Street Law (Italian: Il cittadino si ribella) is a 1974 poliziotteschi film. This film stars Franco Nero, Barbara Bach and is directed by Enzo G. Castellari.
Plot
Carlo Antonelli (Franco Nero), an average citizen until the day he is brutally beaten during a violent robbery. But when the police drop the case and the suspects remain free, Carlo is pushed beyond his breaking point. Now one man will launch an all-out war against the criminal scum who plague the cities, where justice has its own rules, vengeance needs no badge and the only force that matters is Street Law.
Cast
- Franco Nero: Carlo Antonelli
- Giancarlo Prete: Tommy
- Barbara Bach: Barbara
- Renzo Palmer: Inspector
- Romano Puppo: Boss
Production
Director Enzo Casterllari stated that producer Cecchi Gori did not want him to shoot the opening sequence the way he wanted due to budget constraints.[2] Castellari made an agreement with the suntmen and Rocco Lerro, and shot all the scenes a little bit every day without pay without a shooting permit.[2]
The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Genoa.[1]
Releases
Street Law was released on September 17, 1974 in Italy where it was distributed by Cineriz.[1] The film grossed 1,723,405,000 Italian lira.[1] The commercial success of Street Law paved the way for poliziotteschi's most critically panned subgenre, the vigilante film.[1] This was before other films of the genre such as Death Wish were released in Italy.[1]
The film was released in the United Kingdom under the title Vigilante II.[1]
Trivia
A scene features the infamous passenger liner MS Achille Lauro dry docked. In the mid-80s, the ship would be hijacked by the Palestine Liberation Front resulting in the murder of the disabled, wheelchair bound Leon Klinghoffer. The ship would later meet its demise in the early 90s when it caught fire and sank off the coast of Somalia
Footnotes
References
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.
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