Gang War in Milan

Gang War in Milan (Italian: Milano rovente, lit. 'Scorching Hot Milan') is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi.[3][4]

Gang War in Milan
Directed byUmberto Lenzi
Screenplay by
Starring
Music byCarlo Rustichelli[2]
CinematographyLamberto Caimi[1]
Edited byIolanda Benvenuti[1]
Production
company
Lombard Film[2]
Distributed byVariety Film
Release date
  • 23 February 1973 (1973-02-23) (Italy)
Running time
101 minutes[2]
CountryItaly[2]
Box office₤631.702 million

Cast

Production

Gang War in Milan was Umberto Lenzi's first entry in the crime genre after making several spy and action films in the 1960s.[2] Lenzi stated in an interview that both the film's story and script were by Franco Enna, a giallo novelist who lived in Switzerland and that the credited writer Ombretta Lanza was a daughter of one of the producers who attributed to the story.[2] Lenzi than later claimed that he completely re-wrote the script as it was closer to a 1930s crime film than a film noir.[2]

It was filmed at Icet - De Paolis Studios in Milan and on location in Milan.[2]

Release

Gang War in Milan was released theatrically in Italy on 23 February 1973 where it was distributed by Variety Film.[2] The film grossed a total of 631.702 million Italian lira on its release.[2]

Reception

Director Umberto Lenzi later felt that the film's story had "a basic error on the behalf of the producers [...]. We shouldn't have made the protagonist a pimp. You can have a pickpocket, a drug dealer, or a killer, but not a pimp, because the viewer doesn't sympathize with him. He's a dirty soundrel with whom you can't identify"[5]

gollark: Probably should clarify that.
gollark: I also read it. It may be indirectly recommended on my otherstuff page.
gollark: How rude, Epicbot.
gollark: Probably. Or unaware of relevant physicsy things.
gollark: You're imagining it naïvely then.

See also

Footnotes
  1. Curti 2013, p. 82.
  2. Curti 2013, p. 83.
  3. "L'ultimo valzer". La Stampa. 24 June 1973. p. 8.
  4. Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. pp. 240–241.
  5. Curti 2013, p. 84.

References
  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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