| Manhunt in the City | |
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| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
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| Produced by | Enzo Peri[1] |
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| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori[1] |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso[1] |
| Music by | Bruno Nicolai[1] |
Production company | Aquila Cinematografica[1] |
| Distributed by | Titanus[1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | ₤711.5 million |
Manhunt in the City (Italian:L'uomo della strada fa giustizia,lit. 'The Average Man Gets Justice[1]'), also known asThe Manhunt, is a 1975 Italianpoliziottesco film directed byUmberto Lenzi.[2][3] It was co-written by Dardano Sacchetti and has a score byBruno Nicolai.
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Manhunt in the City was filmed at Elios Film in Rome and on location in Milan.[1] Lenzi originally envisionedClaudio Cassinelli in the role that Silva has.[4] Henry Silva and Luciana Paluzzi are paired again, after their performance together inThe Italian Connection (1972).
The film is part of vigilante subgenre.[4] The films script overturns initial assumptions where the engineer Vannucchi get manipulated by a fascist lawyer who heads an army of vigilantes and ends up killing the wrong person.[4] Lenzi stated that he desired to make a film in contrast toEnzo G. Castellari'sStreet Law.[4] The film also has a few elements of thegiallo genre, as Silva's hunt for a criminal who wears a bracelet depicting a scorpion.[4]
Manhunt in the City was released in Italy on 8 May 1975 where it was distributed byTitanus.[1] On its theatrical run in Italy, the film grossed 711.5 millionItalian lira.[1] According to Lenzi, "censors found it very annoying that in the end the Commissioner, understanding the protagonist's motives that lead to his revenge, lets him go unpunished."[4]The film was issued on DVD in Italy in 2010.[4]
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