Street Law (film)

Street Law
Directed by Enzo G. Castellari
Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori[1]
Screenplay by
Starring
Music by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis[1]
Cinematography Carlo Carlini[1]
Edited by Gianfranco Amicucci[1]
Production
company
Capital Film
Distributed by Cineriz
Release date
  • 17 September 1974 (1974-09-17) (Italy)
Running time
 100 minutes[1]
Country Italy[1]
Box office ₤1.723 billion

Street Law (Italian: Il cittadino si ribella, lit. "The Citizen Rebels") is a 1974 poliziotteschi film. It stars Franco Nero, Barbara Bach and was directed by Enzo G. Castellari.

Plot

Carlo Antonelli (Franco Nero) is an engineer from Genoa who is mugged. After the police drop their investigation, he decides to take justice into his own hands. The muggers beat him again, but a young robber helps him to take his revenge.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Genoa.[1]

According to Castellari the producer, Mario Cecchi Gori, did not want him to shoot the opening sequence the way he wanted due to budget constraints.[2] Castellari circumvented this by shooting a little every day without pay and without a shooting permit, by agreement with the stuntmen and crew.[2]

Releases

Street Law was released on 17 September 1974 in Italy, where it was distributed by and grossed 1,723,405,000 lire.[1] The film's commercial success paved the way for the most critically panned subgenre of poliziotteschi, the vigilante film.[1] Other vigilante films, such as Death Wish, had not yet been released in Italy.[1]

The film was released in the United Kingdom under the title Vigilante II.[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curti 2013, p. 122.
  2. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 123.

References

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



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