Fearless (1978 film) explained

Fearless
Producer:
  • Silvio Siano
  • Nicola Venditti
  • Franz Antel
Screenplay:
  • Gino Capone
  • Stelvio Massi
Story:Fulvio Gicca Palli
Starring:
Music:Stelvio Cipriani
Cinematography:Riccardo Pallottini
Editing:Mauro Bonanni
Studio:
  • Promer
  • Neue Delta Film
Distributor:Fida (Italy)
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:
  • Italy
  • Austria
Gross:1.146 billion

Fearless (Italian: Poliziotto senza paura) is a 1978 poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi.

Cast

Walter "Wally" Spada

Brigitte

Karl

Strauss

Annalise von Straben

Von Straben

Renata

Benito

Adele

Dr. Zimmer

Inspector Nardelli

Production

According to director Stelvio Massi, the film was inspired by the character of Philip Marlowe, who he tried to have Maurizio Merli imitate to make him "more human, less violent cop, somewhat different from those he had already successfully played." Merli stated that when the producer found out that Merli's character would only shoot his gun once in the film,he was told "Come on, he must be shooting like mad, or else nobody's going to watch this movie!"

Fearless was shot at Incir - De Paolis studios in Rome and on location in Vienna.

Release

Fearless was distributed theatrically in Italy by Fida on February 3, 1978. It grossed a total of 1,146,557,460 Italian lire domestically. It was released in France and Greece on home video as Magnum Cop and in Sweden on home video as Fearless Fuzz, A Matter of Honour.

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