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Deadly Chase (Italian: Il commissario Verrazzano) is a 1978 Italian film directed by Franco Prosperi.[3][4]

Deadly Chase
Directed by	Franco Prosperi
Screenplay by	Franco Cifferi[1]
Story by	Franco Bottari[1]
Produced by	Pino Burricchi[2]
Starring	Luc Merenda Janet Agren
Cinematography	Cristiano Pogany[1]
Edited by	Alberto Gallitti[1]
Music by	Lino Corsetti[1]
Production company	Holiday Cinematografica[2]
Distributed by	Nucleo Star
Release date	8 December 1978 (1978-12-08) (Italy)
Running time	95 minutes[2]
Country	Italy[2]
Box office	₤443.627 million

Plot

Inspector Verrazzano is joined by the owner of an art gallery, Giulia Medici, who must investigate the death of her brother, whose case was filed a few months earlier as a suicide.

Cast

• Luc Merenda: Inspector Verrazzano
• Janet Agren: Giulia Medici
• Luciana Paluzzi: Rosy
• María Baxa: Kora Verelli
• Patrizia Gori: Giorgia
• Daniele Dublino: Inspector Biagi
• Giacomo Rizzo: Brigadeer Baldelli
• Gloria Piedimonte: Giorgia
• Isarco Ravaioli: Alberto Volci aka The Baron
• Chris Avram: Marco Verelli
• Attilio Dottesio: Notary Bruni

Style

Despite the films aggressive title, Deadly Chase was described by Italian film historian Roberto Curti as a film that "moves away from out-and-out poliziotteschi and its worn out schems and moves closer to the melancholic, contemplative vein of film noir".[2]

Production

Deadly Chase was the second of two films directed by Franco Prosperi for producer Pino Buricchi in 1978.[2] The film was shot at Incir de Paolis in Rome and in Nice.[2]

Release

Deadly Chase was distributed theatrically in Italy by Nucleo Star on 8 December 1978.[2] The film grossed a total of 443,627,250 Italian lira.[2] Italian film historian described this gross as poor, stating that the film was "evidence of Merenda's quick commercial decline as well as that of the genre itself"[2]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1978

References

References

External links

• Deadly Chase at IMDb

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