Colt 38 Special Squad

Colt 38 Special Squad
Colt 38 Special Squad
	Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Massimo Dallamano
Written by	Massimo Dallamano; Franco Bottari; Marco Guglielmi; Ettore Sanzò;
Produced by	Paolo Infascelli
Starring	Marcel Bozzuffi; Carole André; Ivan Rassimov;
Cinematography	Gábor Pogány
Edited by	Antonio Siciliano
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production; companies	European Inc.; P.A.C. - Produzioni Atlas Consorziate;
Distributed by	P.A.C.
Release date	24 July 1976 (Italy);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.286 billion

Colt 38 Special Squad (Italian: Quelli della Calibro 38) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film.^[2] This film, by Massimo Dallamano, stars Ivan Rassimov and Marcel Bozzuffi.^[2]

Plot

Turin, Italy mid-1970s. When his wife becomes the latest innocent victim of a merciless Marseilles crime lord (Ivan Rassimov), police captain Vanni (Marcel Bozzuffi) goes beyond the law to form a secret squad of rogue cops, each armed with an unlicensed .38 Colt Diamondback revolver. As Vanni and his vigilante crew take back the night bullet by bullet, the Marseillaise joins the game by instigating a wave of violent crime that turns the city into a war zone.

Cast

Marcel Bozzuffi as Inspector Vanni
Carole André as Sandra
Ivan Rassimov as Il Marsigliese / Black Angel
Riccardo Salvino as Nicola Silvestri
Fabrizio Capucci as Ciro
Armando Brancia as Prosecutor
Grace Jones as The Club Singer

Production

Colt 38 Special Squad was filmed at Cinestudi Dear in Rome and on location in Turin.^[1] The film would be director Massimo Dallamano's last film as he died on November 4, 1976, in a car accident. He was 59.^[3]

Releases

Colt 38 Special Squad was released in Italy on July 24, 1976^[4] where it was distributed by P.A.C.^[1] It grossed a total of 1,285,707,500 Italian lira on its theatrical release in Italy.^[1] The film's success allowed it an in-name only sequel Return of the 38 Gang.^[3]

NoShame films released a DVD in 2006. This version included the Luciano Ercoli film La Bidonata.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Curti 2013, p. 165.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jane, Ian (June 22, 2006). "Colt 38 Special Squad". DVD Talk.
^ ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 166.
^ "Prime visioni a Torino - Quelli della calibro 38 - Oggi la prima" (in Italian). www.lastampa.it. Retrieved 2016-10-22.

References

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links

Colt 38 Special Squad at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013165-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Curti 2013, p. 165.

[DT-2] Jane, Ian (June 22, 2006). "Colt 38 Special Squad". DVD Talk.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013166-3] Curti 2013, p. 166.

[4] "Prime visioni a Torino - Quelli della calibro 38 - Oggi la prima" (in Italian). www.lastampa.it. Retrieved 2016-10-22.

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