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| film name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)-->
| director = [[Antonio Margheriti]]
| director = [[Antonio Margheriti]]
| producers = {{plainlist|*Franco Caruso
| producer = [[Frank Caruso]] (executive producer)<br>[[Raymond R. Homer]] (producer)<br>[[Umberto Lenzi]] (producer)
*Raymond R. Homer{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}}}}
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| music = [[Guido De Angelis]]<br>[[Maurizio De Angelis]]
| story = {{plainlist|*[[Pierluigi Andreani]]
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| cinematography = [[Sergio D'Offizi]]
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| language = Italian
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'''''Death Rage''''' (Italian: ''Con la rabbia agli occhi'') is a 1976 Italian film directed by [[Antonio Margheriti]].


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'''''Death Rage''''' (Italian: ''Con la rabbia agli occhi'') is a 1976 Italian film directed by [[Antonio Margheriti]].
The film is also known as '''''Anger in His Eyes''''' in the [[United Kingdom]], '''''Blood Reckoning''''' in the [[USA]] (video title) and '''''Shadow of the Killer''''' in the [[Philippines]] (English title)


== Plot summary ==
== Plot summary ==
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*[[Tommaso Palladino]] as Gallo's henchman
*[[Tommaso Palladino]] as Gallo's henchman


== Soundtrack ==
==Production==
[[Antonio Margheriti]]'s two films ''Death Rage'' and ''[[The Rip-Off]]'' were both films starring big name foreign actors, but while ''The Squeeze'' was sot in the United States with English-speaking cast, ''Death Rage'' was set in [[Naples]].{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}} The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Naples.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}} The action scenes in the film were shot by assistant director [[Ignazio Dolce]].{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}}
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According to Margheriti's friend [[Giacomo Furia]], the character actor playing the Commissioner's assistant in the film also co-scripted it.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}} The original story from the film came from director [[Silvio Siano]].{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}} The script was written quickly after Margheriti managed to cast [[Yul Brynner]] as the lead.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}} As with other Italian genres film, it borrows from other popular flms of the era, in this case ''[[The Mechanic]]''.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}}

According to [[Barbara Bouchet]], Bryner and herself did not get along on the set, stating that he treated the crew rudely.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=173}} The film was Bryner's last screen role before he devoted himself to the stage.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=173}} Bryner and Margheriti planned on making another film about game hunters in Africa set during World War I, but the film was never entered production.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=173}}

==Release==
''Death Rage'' was distributed in Italy by Euro International Film.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}} It was released on October 22, 1976 where it grossed a total of 630,234,524 [[Italian lira|Italian lire]] on its theatrical release.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=172}} The film was released in the United Kingdom under the title ''Anger In His Eyes''.<ref name="mfb-review" />

Home video releases of the film in the 1980s remove the opening scene which only available in it's complete form on an Italian DVD.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=173}}

==Reception==
The ''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' stated that the film was "short on plausibility" and "long on picturesque scene-setting and rhetorical optical effects."<ref name="mfb-review">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|title=Con la rabbia agli occhi|volume=44|issue=516|pages=191|year=1977|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|location=London|last=Pulleine|first=Tim}}</ref> The review found the films plot to be "no subsittute for suspense or cogent plotting."<ref name="mfb-review" />

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book
|last=Curti
|first=Roberto
|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980
|publisher=McFarland
|isbn=0786469765
|year=2013
|ref=harv
}}
{{Refend}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0074342|title=Death Rage (Con la rabbia agli occhi)}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0074342|title=Death Rage}}
* {{Internet Archive film|id=DeathRage|name=Death Rage}}
* {{Internet Archive film|id=DeathRage|name=Death Rage}}
{{Antonio Margheriti}}
{{Antonio Margheriti}}

Revision as of 04:42, 19 April 2016

Death Rage
Italian film poster
Directed byAntonio Margheriti
Screenplay by
Story by
CinematographySergio D'Offizio[1]
Edited byMario Morra[1]
Music by
Distributed byEuro International Film (Italy)
Release date
  • October 22, 1976 (1976-10-22) (Italy)
Running time
98 minutes[2]
CountryItaly[1]
Box office₤639.234 million


Death Rage (Italian: Con la rabbia agli occhi) is a 1976 Italian film directed by Antonio Margheriti.

Plot summary

A chance for revenge brings a hit man out of retirement in this crime drama directed by genre specialist Antonio Margheriti (aka Anthony M. Dawson). Sal Leonardi is a well-connected American Mafioso who, while vacationing in Naples, visits a racetrack and is persuaded by good natured tout Angelo (Massimo Raniei) to put his money on a long shot. While Angelo sometimes works around the odds at the track by putting front-running horses off their stride with a pellet gun, in this case Angelo's horse wins without outside interference and pays off big. But after Sal collects his winnings, he's spotted by Gennare Gallo (Giancarlo Sbragia), a local mob boss who holds a grudge against Sal's partners; guns are drawn, Sal and his bodyguards are killed, while Angelo, who is also a police informant, is stripped of his winnings. Back in New York, Leonardi's partners are eager to even the score against Gallo, and they approach Peter Marciani (Yul Brynner), a former hired killer who retired after the traumatic murder of his brother. Peter is persuaded to assassinate Gallo when he learns that the Italian mobster was behind the murder of his brother; Peter flies to Naples and finds an ally in Angelo, but he soon learns that there's more to this story than he's been led to believe.

Cast

Production

Antonio Margheriti's two films Death Rage and The Rip-Off were both films starring big name foreign actors, but while The Squeeze was sot in the United States with English-speaking cast, Death Rage was set in Naples.[2] The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Naples.[2] The action scenes in the film were shot by assistant director Ignazio Dolce.[2]

According to Margheriti's friend Giacomo Furia, the character actor playing the Commissioner's assistant in the film also co-scripted it.[2] The original story from the film came from director Silvio Siano.[2] The script was written quickly after Margheriti managed to cast Yul Brynner as the lead.[2] As with other Italian genres film, it borrows from other popular flms of the era, in this case The Mechanic.[2]

According to Barbara Bouchet, Bryner and herself did not get along on the set, stating that he treated the crew rudely.[3] The film was Bryner's last screen role before he devoted himself to the stage.[3] Bryner and Margheriti planned on making another film about game hunters in Africa set during World War I, but the film was never entered production.[3]

Release

Death Rage was distributed in Italy by Euro International Film.[2] It was released on October 22, 1976 where it grossed a total of 630,234,524 Italian lire on its theatrical release.[2] The film was released in the United Kingdom under the title Anger In His Eyes.[1]

Home video releases of the film in the 1980s remove the opening scene which only available in it's complete form on an Italian DVD.[3]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin stated that the film was "short on plausibility" and "long on picturesque scene-setting and rhetorical optical effects."[1] The review found the films plot to be "no subsittute for suspense or cogent plotting."[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pulleine, Tim (1977). "Con la rabbia agli occhi". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 44, no. 516. London: British Film Institute. p. 191.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013, p. 172.
  3. ^ a b c d Curti 2013, p. 173.

Bibliography

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