Brothers Till We Die

Brothers Till We Die (Italian: La banda del gobbo) is a 1977 Italian poliziottesco-action film by Umberto Lenzi and fifth and final entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe.[3] This film is the last collaboration among Lenzi and Tomas Milian. In this movie Milian plays two characters, Vincenzo Marazzi a.k.a. "The Hunchback" that he already played for Lenzi in The Tough Ones, and his twin brother Sergio Marazzi a.k.a. "Er Monnezza", a role that he played for the first time in Lenzi's Free Hand for a Tough Cop and later resumed in Destruction Force by Stelvio Massi.[4]

Brothers Till We Die
Directed byUmberto Lenzi
Written byUmberto Lenzi[1]
Screenplay byUmberto Lenzi[1]
Produced byLuciano Martino[2]
StarringTomas Milian
CinematographyFederico Zanni[2]
Edited byEugenio Alabiso[2]
Music byFranco Micalizzi[1]
Production
companies
  • Dania Film
  • Medusa[2]
Distributed byMedusa
Release date
  • 18 August 1977 (1977-08-18) (Italy)
Running time
98 minutes[2]
CountryItaly[2]
Box office₤1.523 billion

Plot

The notorious Italian criminal known as "Hunchback" (Italian: il gobbo) returns in Rome from Corsica after his imprisonment. Together with his younger brother and other accomplices he plans to raid an armoured truck. But things go awry.

Cast

Release

Brothers Til We Die was released in Italy on 18 August 1977 where it was distributed by Medusa.[2] It grossed 1,523,844,720 Italian lire domestically.[2]

Footnotes
  1. Curti 2013, p. 206.
  2. Curti 2013, p. 207.
  3. Mike Malloy Grindhouse Releasing Audio Commentary, 2019. Last accessed: February 2023.
  4. Antonio Bruschini, Antonio Tentori. Città violente: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Tarab, 1998. p. 78.

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


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