The Last Desperate Hours Explained

The Last Desperate Hours
Director:Giorgio Stegani
Producer:Giovanni Addessi
Screenplay:
Story:
  • Giovanni Addessi
  • Camillo Bazzoni
  • Franco Barbaresi
Starring:
Narrators:-->
Music:Gianni Marchetti
Cinematography:
  • Aldo De Robertis
  • Sandro Mancori
Editing:Otello Colangeli
Studio:Cristiana Cinematografica
Distributor:Overseas Film Company
Runtime:94 minutes
Country:Italy
Gross:560.728 million

The Last Desperate Hours (Italian: Milano: il clan dei calabresi) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco (Italian crime genre) Mafia film directed by Giorgio Stegani.[1]

Cast

Laura Monachesi

Police Commissioner

Lidia Mancuso

Ugo Merenda

Maraschi

Production

The film was shot on location in Milan and in Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome.

Release

The Last Desperate Hours was released in Italy on November 29, 1974, where it was distributed by the Overseas Film Company. It grossed a total of 560.728 million Italian lire on its release.

Reception

In his book Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980, Roberto Curti noted that "the sociological ambitions end up in excruciating banalities, such as the confrontation between Mancuso and his poor but honest wife (Nicoletta Rizzi)"

The score by Gianni Marchetti was re-used partially in the films Emanuelle's Revenge by Joe D'Amato and SS Girls by Bruno Mattei.

See also

Notes

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Gangsters e pestilenza. La Stampa. 12 June 1975. 8.