Bandits in Milan
Bandits in Milan (Italian: Banditi a Milano; also known as The Violent Four) is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[2] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.[3] It is the debut film of Agostina Belli.[4] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[5]
| Bandits in Milan | |
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 Film poster under alternative English title | |
| Banditi a Milano | |
| Directed by | Carlo Lizzani |
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| Story by | Carlo Lizzani[1] |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Ruzzolini[1] |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli[1] |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤1.768 billion |
Production
Like director Carlo Lizzani's previous film Wake Up and Die is based on a real life event, specifically a bank robbery that went wrong in Milan on 25 September 1967.[1]
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté as Piero Cavallero
- Tomas Milian as Commissario Basevi
- Don Backy as Sante Notarnicola
- Ray Lovelock as Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez
- Ezio Sancrotti as Adriano Rovoletto 'Bartolini'
- Piero Mazzarella as Piva
- Laura Solari as Tuccio's Mother
- Peter Martell as The Protector
- Margaret Lee as Prostitute
- Carla Gravina as Anna
- Luigi Rossetti as Robber
- María Rosa Sclauzero as Piero's Secretary
- Ida Meda as Moglie di Piero
- Tota Ruta as Club Hitman
- Evi Rossi Scotti
- Gianni Bortolotti
- Agostina Belli as Ragazza in ostaggio
- Pupo De Luca as Uomo della 1100
Release
Bandits in Milan was released on 30 March 1968.[1] It grossed just over ₤1.768 million in Italy.[1] As of 2013, the film has never been released on home video.[1]
Notes
- Curti, 2013. p. 11
- "Festival de Cannes: Bandits in Milan". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
- "1968 - On the beach, pavers". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
References
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.