| Killer Cop | |
| Director: | Luciano Ercoli |
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| Screenplay: | Gianfranco Gallgarich |
| Story: | Mario Bregni |
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| Music: | Stelvio Cipriani |
| Cinematography: | Marcello Gatti |
| Editing: | Angelo Curi |
| Production Companies: | Prouzioni Atlas consorziate |
| Distributor: | Prouzioni Atlas consorziate |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
| Gross: | ₤854.8 million |
Killer Cop (Italian: '''La polizia ha le mani legate''', literally the police's hands are tied) is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco-crime film directed in 1975 by Luciano Ercoli. The film's plot reprises the Piazza Fontana bombing which happened in Milan in 1969. The gun in the umbrella used in the movie is similar to a Bulgarian umbrella used in London in 1978 to kill Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov.[1] [2]
Killer Cop was shot in Milan. Killer Cops plot is influenced from the Piazza Fontana bombings. The funerals seen in the film on a television screen are actual footage of the funerals of the victims of the bombings.
Killer Cop was released in Italy on 27 March 1975 where it was distributed by Prouzioni Atlas consorziate (P.A.C.). It grossed 854,798,250 Italian lire.
Killer Cop has been released on DVD in Italy by Cecchi Gori with a running time of 92 minutes and 58 seconds.