Bloody Payroll

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| name = Bloody Payroll

| image = Milano-violenta-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg

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| caption = Italian film poster for Bloody Payroll

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| director = Mario Caiano

| producer = Renato Angiolini{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}

| screenplay = Mario Caiano

| story = Mario Caiano{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}

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| starring = {{plainlist|

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| music = Pulsar Music Ltd.

| cinematography = Pier Luigi Santi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=161}}

| editing = Renato Cinquini{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=161}}

|production_companies = Jarama Film{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}

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| released = {{film date|1976|03|5|Italy}}

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| country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}

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| gross = ₤1.015 billion

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Bloody Payroll ({{langx|it|Milano violenta}}) is a 1976 Italian noir-poliziotteschi crime film written and directed by Mario Caiano.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=161}} Author Roberto Curti described the film as more of a film noir than a poliziottesco.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}

Cast

Claudio Cassinelli as Raul Montalbani, aka "The Cat"
Silvia Dionisio as Layla
John Steiner as Fausto
Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Walter
Elio Zamuto as Police Commissioner Foschi
Biagio Pelligra as Tropea
Salvatore Puntillo as Inspector Tucci

Release

Bloody Payroll was shown in Italy on March 5, 1976. It grossed a total of 1,015,886,510 Italian lire.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}

The score of the film is credited to Pulsar Music Ltd. It is a funk styled score performed by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and guitarist Silvano Chimenti.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}