Rome became a power center for film production in the late 1950s and arguably remained the film capitol of Europe for the entire next decade. Written by Massimo De Rita, Arduino Maiuri, Sauro Scavolini, Sergio Sollima and Lina Wertmüller Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Telly Savalas, Umberto Orsini. Città violenta, The Family, Final Shot / Street Date / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Much of it does play like gangbusters - the opening and closing especially - and the dynamic title instrumental is one of maestro Ennio Morricone’s best.ġ970 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 109 + 96 min. Bronson is betrayed by his love for Jill Ireland, and Telly Savalas is shoehorned in as a (surprise!) nasty gangster. It’s a mishmosh of sex, bullets and car chases. Precise stunt scenes and clever direction are at the service of a script that can’t produce a convincing line of dialogue. Director Sergio Sollima sets the template for twenty years of violent action cinema for Rough Tough Charles Bronson.
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