The Rip-Off

The Rip Off

Directed by	Antonio Margheriti
Produced by	Turi Vasile^[1]
Screenplay by	Paul Costello Marc Princi Giovanni Simonelli^[1]
Story by	Paul Costello Marc Princi Giovanni Simonelli^[1]
Music by	Paolo Vasile^[1]
Cinematography	Sergio D'Offizi^[1]
Edited by	Roberto Sterbini^[1]
Production companies	Laser Film Dritte Centama Gbth^[1]
Release date	April 1, 1980 (1980-04-01) (Italy)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy West Germany^[1]

The Rip-Off (Italian: Controrapina) is a 1980 film directed by Antonio Margheriti. It was Margheriti's third collaboration with actor Lee Van Cleef, after previously directing him in The Stranger and the Gunfighter and Take a Hard Ride.

Synopsis

Retired safe-cracker Chris Gretchko is coaxed out of comfortable retirement by Jeff Olafson, the impulsive son of a former accomplice, who begs him to help steal an undocumented shipment of diamonds to satiate Van Stratten, a New York City crime boss whose mistress, Jessica, has been seeing Jeff on the side. Chris subsequently recruits his old friend, pawn shop owner Sam, who agrees to fence the diamonds afterward. When they learn Van Stratten intends to cut them out of the deal, Chris and Jeff plot a countermeasure, resulting in Jeff getting thrown in jail to give him plausible deniability, and Chris convalescing in a safe house after getting shot during the heist. Clarisse, an eccentric neighbor in the building, discovers Chris, and agrees to help tend his injuries and lie to police who come looking for him. However, Captain Donati begins to piece together the events, and all the involved parties find their lives in danger.

Cast

Lee Van Cleef as Chris
Karen Black as Clarisse
Edward Albert as Jeff
Robert Alda as Captain Donati
Lionel Stander as Sam
Angelo Infanti as Inspector
Antonella Murgia as Jessica
Peter Carsten as Van Stratten
Ron van Clief as Duke
Roy Brocksmith as Warehouse owner

Production

The Rip-Off was filmed in Hamburg and on location in New York City from December 1977 to February 1978.^[1]

Release

The Rip-Off was released in Italy on April 1, 1980.^[1] The film has been released in the United States under the titles The Rip-Off and The Squeeze.^[2]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curti 2013, p. 253.
↑ "Gretchko". Filmportal.de. Retrieved July 19, 2017.

References

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 1476612080.

External links

The Rip-Off on IMDb

Films directed by Antonio Margheriti

Space-Men (1960)
Battle of the Worlds (1961)
The Golden Arrow (1962)
The Fall of Rome (1963)
The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
Castle of Blood (1964)
Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules (1964)
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
Giants of Rome (1964)
The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Wild, Wild Planet (1965)
War of the Planets (1966)
War Between the Planets (1966)
Snow Devils (1965)
Lightning Bolt (1966)
Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca (1966)
Dynamite Joe (1967)
The Young, the Evil and the Savage (1968)
Io ti amo (1968)
Vengeance (1968)
The Unnaturals (1969)
Mr. Superinvisible (1970)
And God Said to Cain (1970)
Web of the Spider (1971)
House of 1,000 Pleasures (1972)
Treasure Island (1972)
Novelle galeotte d'amore (1972)
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973)
Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973)
The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
Take a Hard Ride (1975)
Death Rage (1976)
Killer Fish (1978)
Fantasma en el Oeste (1978)
The Rip-Off (1980)
Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
The Last Hunter (1980)
Car Crash (1981)
Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)
Tiger Joe (1982)
The Ark of the Sun God (1983)
Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)
Last Blood (1983)
Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
Jungle Raiders (1985)
Commando Leopard (1985)
Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
The Commander (1988)
Alien From the Deep (1989)
Indio (1989)
Indio 2: The Revolt (1991)
Virtual Weapon (1997)
Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (2010)

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