Ricco the Mean Machine

{{short description|1973 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Ricco the Mean Machine

| image = Ricco the Mean Machine.jpg

| caption = US film poster

| story =

| director = Tulio Demicheli

| producer = José Gutiérrez Maesso

| screenplay = Santiago Moncada
José Gutiérrez Maesso
Mario Di Nardo

| starring = Christopher Mitchum
Barbara Bouchet
Arthur Kennedy
Malisa Longo
Manolo Zarzo
Eduardo Fajardo
Luis Induni

| music = Nando De Luca

| cinematography = Francisco Fraile

| editing = Ángel Serrano

| studio = Tecisa
B.R.C. Produzione

| distributor = Excisa {{small|(Spain)}}
Alpherat {{small|(Italy)}}

| released = {{Film date|1973}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = Spain
Italy

| language =

| budget =

}}

Ricco the Mean Machine ({{langx|it|Un tipo con una faccia strana ti cerca per ucciderti}}, {{langx|es|Ajuste de cuentas}}, also known as The Cauldron of Death and The Dirty Mob) is a 1973 Italian-Spanish crime-thriller film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Christopher Mitchum and Barbara Bouchet.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059695}} It acquired a cult following because of its violent and gory scenes, including a graphic castration.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Curti|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|date=22 October 2013|publisher=McFarland, 2013|isbn=978-0786469765}} The US title was actually a misspelling of the main character's name Rico.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Curti|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|date=22 October 2013|publisher=McFarland, 2013|isbn=978-0786469765}}