Comandamenti per un gangster explained

Comandamenti per un gangster
Director:Alfio Caltabiano
Producer:Salvatore Argento
Screenplay:
Story:
  • Alfio Caltabiano
  • Dario Argento
Starring:
Music:Ennio Morricone
Cinematography:Milorad Markovic
Editing:Eugenio Alabiso
Production Companies:
  • Triumph Film 67
  • Prodi Cinematografica
  • Avala Film
Distributor:D.C.I.
Runtime:96 minutes
Country:
  • Italy
  • Yugoslavia
Gross:106.073 million

Comandamenti per un gangster (Commandments for a Gangster) is a 1968 gangster film directed by Alfio Caltabiano

Production

Comandamenti per un gangster was Alfio Caltabiano's second film as a director. It was co-written by film critic and future director Dario Argento. The films script showcases several traits that would later become part of Argento's directorial career. This includes an unseen murderer with black gloves, shots from a murderer's point of view and having the murderer being identified by a physical detail, a scar on his face. The film was shot on location in Yugoslavia.

Release

Comandamenti per un gangster was released in Italy on 22 May 1968 where it was distributed by D.C.I. It grossed a total of 106.073 million Italian lire on its release. It was released in Yugoslavia as Poslednji obracun in 1968.

Reception

In a contemporary review, Pietro Bianchi wrote in Il Giorno that the film was "a skillful attempt at applying the Western formula to the Gangster movie trappings"

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