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Gangbuster (film)

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Gangbuster
Directed byAlberto Marras
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Vincenzo Salviani
  • Giuliano Anellucci[1]
Starring
CinematographyAngelo Bevilacqua[1]
Edited byAmedeo Giomini[1]
Music byUbaldo Continiello[1]
Production
companies
  • T.D.L. Film
  • Angry Film[1]
Distributed byRegional
Release date
  • 22 September 1977 (1977-09-22) (Italy)
Running time
95 minutes[1]

Gangbuster (Italian: L'avvocato della mala) is a 1977 crime film written and directed by Alberto Marras.[2][3][4]

Cast

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Production

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Gangbuster was filmed at Elios Film in Rome.[1] The film was producer Alberto Marras' only film made as a director.[1]

Release

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Gangbuster was distributed theatrically in Italy on 22 September 1977.[1] When the film was released on home video in VHS in Italy it has an 88 minute and 29 second running time, and in Germany it had a 85 minute and 51 second running time, and was a different version of the film with inserts from Meet Him and Die.[1] These included the car chases and prison fights from that film, and it featured a different sound score, such as Franco Micalizzi's theme from Merciless Man.[5]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013, p. 218.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
  3. ^ Roberto Curti (2006). Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.
  4. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  5. ^ Curti 2013, p. 219.

Bibliography

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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