Cross Shot

Cross Shot
Directed by	Stelvio Massi
Screenplay by	Lucio De Caro; Piero Poggio; Maurizio Mengoni; Dardano Sacchetti[1];
Story by	Lucio De Caro[1]
Starring	John Saxon; Lee J. Cobb; Renzo Palmer; Rosanna Fratello;
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.
Release date	14 April 1976 (Italy);
Running time	92 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤654,940 million

Cross Shot (Italian: La legge violenta della squadra anticrimine) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi.[1]

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

Production

Cross Shot was shot on location in Bari and Trani.[1]

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]

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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)

External links

Cross Shot on IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013171-1] Curti 2013, p. 171.

[FOOTNOTEAuty1979125-2] Auty 1979, p. 125.