The Violent Professionals | |
Director: | Sergio Martino |
Producer: | |
Screenplay: | Ernesto Gastaldi |
Story: | Ernesto Gastaldi |
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Music: | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
Cinematography: | Giancarlo Ferrando |
Editing: | Eugenio Alabiso |
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Distributor: | Interfilm |
Runtime: | 104 minutes |
Country: | Italy |
Gross: | ₤1.162 billion |
The Violent Professionals (Italian: Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia) is a 1973 Italian Poliziotteschi gangster film directed by Sergio Martino. The film stars Luc Merenda (Giorgio Caneparo) who goes undercover as a getaway driver for the mob so he can wage a one-man war on crime to avenge the death of father-figure cop Gianni (Silvano Tranquilli).
In 2009 Empire named it #9 in a poll of the "20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)".
The Violent Professionals was released in Italy on 22 August 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm. It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000 Italian lire.
The film has been released in an English-language friendly DVD by Wild East and as a double feature from Alpha Video with Deadly Drifter.