Gangbuster (Italian: L'avvocato della mala) is a 1977 crime film written and directed by Alberto Marras.[2][3][4]
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| Directed by | Alberto Marras |
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| Cinematography | Angelo Bevilacqua[1] |
| Edited by | Amedeo Giomini[1] |
| Music by | Ubaldo Continiello[1] |
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| Distributed by | Regional |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
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Production
editGangbuster was filmed at Elios Film in Rome.[1] The film was producer Alberto Marras' only film made as a director.[1]
Release
editGangbuster was distributed theatrically in Italy on 22 September 1977.[1] When the film was released on home video in VHS in Italy it has an 88 minute and 29 second running time, and in Germany it had a 85 minute and 51 second running time, and was a different version of the film with inserts from Meet Him and Die.[1] These included the car chases and prison fights from that film, and it featured a different sound score, such as Franco Micalizzi's theme from Merciless Man.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013, p. 218.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
- ^ Roberto Curti (2006). Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 219.
Bibliography
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
edit- Gangbuster at IMDb
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