Street People (Italian:Gli esecutori, also known asThe Executors andThe Sicilian Cross) is an Italiancrime-action film directed in 1976 byMaurizio Lucidi.[2] It was written, among others, by theFrench Connection 's screenwriter,Ernest Tidyman.[3] It was released in United States byAmerican International Pictures.[4]
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Directed by | Maurizio Lucidi |
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Cinematography | Aiace Parolin[1] |
Edited by | Renzo Lucidi[1] |
Music by | Luis Enriquez Bacalov[1] |
Production company | Aetos Produzioni[1] |
Distributed by | Agora Cinematografica |
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Running time | 105 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy[1] |
Box office | ₤458,098 million |
Plot
editAn Anglo-Sicilian hit man and his driver must find out who put a shipment of heroin in a cross sent from Sicily to San Francisco.
Cast
edit- Roger Moore as Ulysses
- Stacy Keach as Charlie Hanson
- Ivo Garrani as Salvatore Francesco
- Fausto Tozzi as Nicoletta
- Ennio Balbo as Continenza
- Loretta Persichetti as Hannah
- Peter Martellas Pano
- Luigi Casellato as Pete
- Ettore Manni as Bishop Lopetri
- Rosemarie Lindt as Salvatore's girlfriend
Production
editStreet People was filmed at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in San Francisco andAgrigento.[1][5]
Release
editStreet People was released theatrically in Italy on 30 March 1976 where it was distributed by Agora Cinematografica.[1][5] It grossed a total of 458,098,620 Italian lire on its theatrical release.[5]
Reception
editTheEvening Independent's film critic Jim Moorehead wrote: "The problem [of the film] is that the story line makes very little sense. Same is true with the editing. Ditto the dialog".[3]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^abcdefghijkCurti 2013, p. 197.
- ^"Street People' Set For Release".Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 31, 1976. Retrieved31 January 2012.
- ^abJim Moorhead (December 7, 1976)."Street People' A Pizza Pap".The Evening Independent. Retrieved31 January 2012.
- ^"Crime film due".The Sun. July 25, 1976. Archived fromthe original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved31 January 2012.
- ^abcCurti 2013, p. 198.
References
edit- Curti, Roberto (2013).Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland.ISBN 978-0786469765.
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