Blazing Flowers
{{short description|1978 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Blazing Flowers
| image = Blazing Flowers.jpg
| caption =
| director = {{Interlanguage link multi|Gianni Martucci|it}}
| story= Luca Sportelli
| screenplay = Ludovica Marineo
Luca Sportelli
Gianni Martucci
| starring = Marc Porel
George Hilton
Anna Maria Rizzoli
Barbara Magnolfi
Music Gianni Ferrio
| cinematography = Richard Grassetti
| language = Italian
| released = {{Film date|1978|02|05|df=yes}}
| gross = ₤593,395 million
}}
Blazing Flowers' ({{langx|it|Milano... difendersi o morire}}, literally: "Milan... to defend or to die"), is a 1978 Italian Poliziesco film co-written and directed by Gianni Martucci and starring Marc Porel, George Hilton and Anna Maria Rizzoli.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059695}}{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|year=2006|publisher=Lindau, 2006|isbn=8871805860}}
Cast
- Marc Porel as Pino Scalise
- George Hilton as Commissioner Morani
- Anna Maria Rizzoli as Marina 'Fiorella'
- Al Cliver as Domino
- Barbara Magnolfi as Teresa
- Anthony Freeman as Nosey
- Guido Leontini as Don Chicco
- Parvin Tabriz as Virginia Mallo
- Nino Vingelli as Nicola
Reception
In Italy, the film was distributed by Lark and it grossed 593,395,110 lire.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Curti|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|date=22 October 2013|publisher=McFarland, 2013|isbn=978-0786469765}}
In his analysis of the film, Roberto Curti heavily criticized it, noting "the film's half-baked plot, filled with clichés worthy of a bad sceneggiata" and "the tone
== See also ==
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0077930}}
Category:Films scored by Gianni Ferrio
Category:1970s Italian-language films
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