Gang_War_in_Milan Knowpia

Gang War in Milan
Gang War in Milan
Directed by	Umberto Lenzi
Screenplay by	Franco Enna; Umberto Lenzi;
Starring	Antonio Sabato; Philippe Leroy; Antonio Casagrande; Carla Romanelli;
Cinematography	Lamberto Caimi
Edited by	Iolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Production; company	Lombard Film
Distributed by	Variety Film
Release date	23 February 1973 (Italy);
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤631.702 million

Gang War in Milan (Italian: Milano rovente, lit. 'Scorching Hot Milan') is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi.^[3]^[4]

Cast edit

Antonio Sabàto: Salvatore Cangemi
Philippe Leroy: Roger Daverty
Marisa Mell: Jasmina
Antonio Casagrande: Lino Caruso
Carla Romanelli: Virginia
Tano Cimarosa: Nino Balsamo

Production edit

Gang War in Milan was Umberto Lenzi's first entry in the crime genre after making several spy and action films in the 1960s.^[1] Lenzi stated in an interview that both the film's story and script were by Franco Enna, a giallo novelist who lived in Switzerland and that the credited writer Ombretta Lanza was a daughter of one of the producers who attributed to the story.^[1] Lenzi than later claimed that he completely re-wrote the script as it was closer to a 1930s crime film than a film noir.^[1]

It was filmed at Icet - De Paolis Studios in Milan and on location in Milan.^[1]

Release edit

Gang War in Milan was released theatrically in Italy on 23 February 1973 where it was distributed by Variety Film.^[1] The film grossed a total of 631.702 million Italian lira on its release.^[1]

Reception edit

Director Umberto Lenzi later felt that the film's story had "a basic error on the behalf of the producers [...]. We shouldn't have made the protagonist a pimp. You can have a pickpocket, a drug dealer, or a killer, but not a pimp, because the viewer doesn't sympathize with him. He's a dirty soundrel with whom you can't identify"^[5]

Footnotes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2013, p. 83.
^ ^a ^b ^c Curti 2013, p. 82.
^ "L'ultimo valzer". La Stampa. 24 June 1973. p. 8.
^ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. pp. 240–241.
^ Curti 2013, p. 84.