Gangbuster (film)
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| director = Alberto Marras
| producer = {{plainlist|* Vincenzo Salviani
- Giuliano Anellucci{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}}}
| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Claudio Fragasso
- Antonio Cucca
- Vittorio Vighi
- Alberto Marras{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}}}
| starring = {{plainlist|* Ray Lovelock
| music = Ubaldo Continiello{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}
| cinematography = Angelo Bevilacqua{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}
| editing = Amedeo Giomini{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}
| studio = {{plainlist|* T.D.L. Film
- Angry Film{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}}}
| distributor = Regional
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1977|9|22|Italy|}}
| runtime = 95 minutes{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}
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Gangbuster ({{langx|it|L'avvocato della mala}}) is a 1977 crime film written and directed by Alberto Marras.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059350}}{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|year=2006|publisher=Lindau, 2006|isbn=8871805860}}{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}
Cast
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- Ray Lovelock as Lawyer Mario Gastali
- Mel Ferrer as Peseti, the Boss
- Lilli Carati asPaola
- John Steiner as Killer
- Gabriele Tinti as Tony
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- Umberto Orsini as Farnese
- Orazio Orlando as Giorgio
- Rosario Borelli as Police Commissioner
- Romano Puppo as Peseti's henchman
- Gino Pagnani as taxi driver
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Production
Gangbuster was filmed at Elios Film in Rome.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}} The film was producer Alberto Marras' only film made as a director.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}}
Release
Gangbuster was distributed theatrically in Italy on 22 September 1977.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}} When the film was released on home video in VHS in Italy it has an 88 minute and 29 second running time, and in Germany it had a 85 minute and 51 second running time, and was a different version of the film with inserts from Meet Him and Die.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=218}} These included the car chases and prison fights from that film, and it featured a different sound score, such as Franco Micalizzi's theme from Merciless Man.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=219}}
References
Notes
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786469765|year=2013}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0075709}}
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Category:Films scored by Ubaldo Continiello
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