Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (Italian: Delitto al ristorante cinese) is a 1981 Italian "poliziottesco"-comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the eighth chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series;[1] in this chapter Tomas Milian plays a double role, the inspector Nico Giraldi and the Chinese Ciu Ci Ciao, a character reprised, with slight changes, from the role of Sakura that the same Milian played in the 1975 spaghetti western The White, the Yellow, and the Black.[2][3]
| Crime at the Chinese Restaurant | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | |
| Directed by | Bruno Corbucci |
| Written by | Bruno Corbucci Mario Amendola |
| Starring | Tomas Milian |
| Cinematography | Giovanni Ciarlo |
| Edited by | Daniele Alabiso |
| Music by | Detto Mariano |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Tomas Milian as Nico Giraldi / Ciu Ci Ciao
- Bombolo as Bombolo
- Enzo Cannavale as Vincenzo Quagliarulo
- Olimpia Di Nardo as Angela
- John Chen as Chan Zeng Piao
- Giacomo Furia as Giudice Arducci
- Massimo Vanni as Brigadier Gargiulo
- Alfredo Rizzo as Il marito dell'amante di Papetti
Release
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006.
- ^ Manlio Momarasca; Giorgio Navarro; Davide Pulici. Monnezza e i suoi fratelli. Nocturno Dossier n.39, Cinemabis Comm.
- ^ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007.
- ^ "I cinema di Torino - Delitto al ristorante cinese - Oggi la prima" (in Italian). www.lastampa.it. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
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