Free Hand for a Tough Cop
| Free Hand for a Tough Cop | |
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| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Produced by |
Claudio Mancini Ugo Tucci |
| Written by |
Umberto Lenzi Dardano Sacchetti Elisa Briganti |
| Starring |
Tomas Milian Claudio Cassinelli Henry Silva |
| Music by | Bruno Canfora |
| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Free Hand for a Tough Cop (Italian: Il trucido e lo sbirro, also known as Tough Cop) is an Italian poliziottesco-action film directed in 1976 by Umberto Lenzi. In this movie Tomas Milian plays for the first time Sergio Marazzi aka "Er Monnezza", a role that he later played several more times, in Lenzi's Brothers Till We Die (1978, a sort of sequel of this movie), in Destruction Force by Stelvio Massi (1977) and, with slight differences, in Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici by Bruno Corbucci (1980) and in Francesco Massaro's Il lupo e l'agnello (1980).[1][2]
Plot
Camilla is a little girl suffering with a kidney disorder. Before she can receive her next due treatment she gets kidnapped. The gangsters intend to blackmail her rich father. Commissario Antonio Sarti knows that time is running out on the victim and takes desperate measures. He secretly organises a prison escape for petty crook Sergio Marazzi. By using Marazzi's insider knowledge of the criminal milieu Sarti detects kidnapper's hideout.
Cast
- Tomas Milian: Sergio Marazzi aka "Er Monnezza"
- Claudio Cassinelli: Commissario Antonio Sarti
- Henry Silva: Brescianelli
- Biagio Pelligra: Calabrese
- Robert Hundar: Mario er Cinico
- Ernesto Colli: Roscetto
- Nicoletta Machiavelli: Mara
- Tano Cimarosa: Cravatta
- Massimo Bonetti: pickpocket
- Luciano Rossi: dealer
References
- ↑ "Il trucido e lo sbirro" (in Italian). B-Movie Zone. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ↑ Alberto Pallotta. Quel fenomeno der Monnezza. Un Mondo A Parte, 2005. pp. 11–13.