Blood and Diamonds

{{Infobox film

| name = Blood and Diamonds

| image = Diamanti-sporchi-di-sangue-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg

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| director = Fernando Di Leo

| producer = {{plainlist|*Umberto Russo

Vittorio Russo{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}}}

| screenplay = Fernando Di Leo{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

| story = Fernando Di Leo{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

| starring = {{plainlist|*Claudio Cassinelli

| music = Luis Enriquez Bacalov{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

| cinematography = Roberto Gerardi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

| editing = Amedeo Giomini{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

| studio = Teleuropa International Film{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

| distributor = Titanus

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1978|3|17|Italy}}

| runtime = 102 minutes{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

| country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

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| budget =

| gross = ₤259,502 million

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Blood and Diamonds ({{langx|it|Diamanti sporchi di sangue}}) is a 1978 Italian noir-poliziottesco film directed by Fernando di Leo.

Cast

Claudio Cassinelli: Guido Mauri
Martin Balsam: Rizzo
Barbara Bouchet: Lisa
Pier Paolo Capponi: Tony
Olga Karlatos: Maria
Vittorio Caprioli: commissioner

Production

The original title for the film was Roma calibro 9 ({{literal translation|Rome caliber 9}}).{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}} The film is very similar to Di Leo's earlier film Caliber 9, with Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti describing it as "a reversal of Caliber 9" with the relationships in the film being contrary to each other.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}

The cast initially intended to include Franco Gasparri, fresh from the success of the Mark il poliziotto film series, in the main role of Guido Mauri.{{cite book|last=Vari|title=Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo|publisher=Nocturno, 2004}}

Release

Blood and Diamonds premiered in Rome on 17 March 1978.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=238}} The film was distributed by Titanus in Italy, the day after the kidnapping of Aldo Moro which led to the film grossing only 259,502,900 Italian lira.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=237}}{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=238}}

Legacy

Part of Luis Bacalov's score was recycled by Bruno Mattei for Hell of the Living Dead (1980).{{Cite web |title=Virus (Apocalipsis canibal) |url=https://quartetrecords.com/product/virus-apocalipsis-canibal/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Quartet Records |language=en-US}}