Days of Fire
Days of Fire (Italian: Gangsters '70) is a 1968 Italian crime-thriller film written and directed by Mino Guerrini.[2][3][4]
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| Directed by | Mino Guerrini |
| Produced by | Benito Pertaccini[1] |
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| Music by | Egisto Macchi[1] |
| Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli[1] |
| Edited by | Enzo Micarelli[1] |
Production company | Bema Film[1] |
| Distributed by | I.N.D.I.E.F. |
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Running time | 110 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤83,977 million |
Plot
Cast
- Joseph Cotten as Fabio Destil
- Franca Polesello as Franca
- Giulio Brogi as Rudy
- Giampiero Albertini as Sempre si
- Bruno Corazzari as Affattato
- Dennis Patrick Kilbane as Biochemist
- Jean Louis as Affatato's accomplice
- Milly Vitale as Anna
- Franco Ressel as Passenger
- Linda Sini
Production
Days of Fire was written by Fernando Di Leo under the title Elegia in un cimitero d'asfalto o Il sol nero (lit. 'Elegey in an Aslphalt Cemetery or Black Sun)'.[1]
Release
Days of Fire was distributed theatrically in Italy by I.N.D.I.E.F. on 30 April 1968.[1] The film grossed a total of 83,977,000 Italian lire domestically.[1] Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that was "unoticed by critics and audiences alike".[5] Curti stated the film was not re-discovered until the late 1990s.[5]
The film has been released as Gangers '70 and Days of Fire.[1] It was released in Canada on VHS by the UVI label in Italian.[1]
References
Footnotes
- Curti 2013, p. 23.
- Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006.
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- Curti 2013, p. 24.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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