Cross Shot
Cross Shot (Italian: La legge violenta della squadra anticrimine) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi.[1]
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| Directed by | Stelvio Massi |
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| Story by | Lucio De Caro[1] |
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| Music by | Piero Pintucci[1] |
| Cinematography | Mario Vulpiani[1] |
| Edited by | Mauro Bonanni[1] |
Production companies | P.A.C.-Produzioni Atlas Consorziate[1] |
| Distributed by | P.A.C. |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤654,940 million |
Plot
Cast
- John Saxon as Commissioner Jacovella
- Lee J. Cobb as Boss Dante Ragusa
- Renzo Palmer as Maselli
- Lino Capolicchio as Antonio Blasi
- Rosanna Fratello as Nadia
- Antonella Lualdi as Anna Jacovella
- Thomas Hunter as Agent Turini
- Giacomo Piperno as Giordani
- Guido Celano as Father of Antonio Blasi
Release
Cross Shot was distributed theatrically in Italy by P.A.C. on 14 April 1976.[1] It was released on DVD in Italy by Cecchi Gori Home Video.[1] The film grossed a total of 654,940,070 Italian lire domestically on its theatrical release.[1]
Reception
From contemporary reviews, Martyn Auty reviewed a 95-minute English-dubbed version of the film in the Monthly Film Bulletin.[2] Auty found the film to be "cheap propaganda for the law-and-order lobby. In teo wealry indicative scnes, Jacovella is shown at home with his wife and child, and administering on-the-spot 'corrective' punishment to a young vandal. The newspaper, on the other hand, is cast as a obstacle to the pursuit of Jacovella's tough justice, and the Mafia is presented as politically non-aligned, unproblematic (their actions merely the product of Ragusa's evil business".[2] Auty also commented on the acting, stating that Cobb had a "sluggish performance" while director Stelvio Massi "does what is required of him, propelling the action perfunctorily from gun battle to car chase."[2]
See also
References
- Curti 2013, p. 171.
- Auty 1979, p. 125.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Legge violenta della squadara anticrimine, La (Cross Shot)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 46 no. 545. British Film Institute. June 1979.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)