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Emergency Squad
Emergency Squad
Directed by	Stelvio Massi
Screenplay by	Dardano Sacchetti; Adriano Bolzoni; Franco Barberi; Stelvio Massi;
Story by	Dardano Sacchetti
Starring	Tomas Milian; Gastone Moschin; Stefania Casini; Guido Leontini;
Cinematography	Sergio Rubini
Edited by	Mauro Bonnani
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production; company	C.B.A. Produttori e Distributori Associati
Distributed by	Jumbo Cinematografica
Release date	24 April 1974 (Italy);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤985.981 million

Emergency Squad (Italian: Squadra volante) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cast edit

Tomas Milian as Tomas Ravelli
Mario Carotenuto as Lavagni
Gastone Moschin as "The Marseilles"
Ray Lovelock as Rino
Stefania Casini as Marta Hayworth
Ilaria Guerini as Fede
Guido Leontini as Mario Berlotti aka "Cranio"
Enzo Andronico as Alberto
Giuseppe Castellano (actor) as Beppe

Release edit

Emergency Squad was distributed theatrically in Italy on 24 April 1974 by Jumbo Cinematografica.^[1] The film grossed a total of 985,981,000 Italian lire.^[1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Emergency Squad as a "surprising commercial hit" on its initial theatrical release.^[1]^[5]

Director Stelvio Massi recalled that on the film's premiere in Rome he was deeply embarrassed by the audience's reaction to a scene where bandits shoot a police car that explodes as the audience greeted the scene with rapturous applause.^[1]

Footnotes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Curti 2013, p. 110.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
^ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
^ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.
^ Curti 2013, p. 111.