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Day of the Cobra (Italian: Il giorno del Cobra) is a 1980 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Enzo G. Castellari.

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Day of the Cobra
Italian poster for Day of the Cobra
Directed by	Enzo G. Castellari
Screenplay by	Aldo Lado Fabio Carpi Tito Carpi[1]
Story by	Aldo Lado[1]
Produced by	Turi Vasile[1]
Starring	Franco Nero Sybil Danning
Cinematography	Giovanni Bergamini[1]
Edited by	Gianfranco Amicucci[1]
Music by	Paolo Vasile
Production company	Laser[1]
Release date	August 12, 1980 (1980-08-12)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤489 million

Production

Director Enzo G. Castellari initially approached Vasile with a script written by Vasile's son. The boxing film project was shelved and Vasile offered Castellari to direct Day of the Cobra.[1] Day of the Cobra was written by Aldo Lado who was initially going to direct the film.[1] Lado's story was initially set right after World War II in Trieste.[2] Castellari's film is set in the present day and he imagined the film a "homage to Chandler.[2]

Castellari cast many actors who he had previously worked with, including Franco Nero and Massimo Vanni.[2] He also cast some of his family members such as his brother Enio Girolami and daughter Stefania.[2]

Day of the Cobra was shot on location in San Francisco, Genoa and at Incir-de Paolis in Rome.[1]

Cast

• Franco Nero: Larry Stanzani
• Sybil Danning: Brenda
• William Berger: Godschmidt
• Mario Maranzana: Cases
• Licinia Lentini: Lola Alberti
• Enio Girolami: Mastino
• Massimo Vanni: Beltrame
• Carlo Gabriel Sparanero: Tim
• Romano Puppo: Silvestri

Release

Day of the Cobra was released on August 12, 1980.[1] The film grossed a total of 489,000,000 Italian lira on its domestic release.[1] The score of the film by Paolo Vasile was released by Cinevox.[1]

Reception

According to the German book Der Terror führt Regie: "Day of the Cobra is technically pure cinema. The film suffers a bit in its pandering to American viewing habits."[3] Online film database AllMovie gave the film two stars out of five, stating that a "key flaw is the maddening story line, which manages to be over-complicated and half-baked all at once." and that "elements of the story simply rehash other, better thrillers, like The French Connection."[4] The review noted that the film contains "a few worthwhile action set pieces. The rooftop chase that opens the film is quite exciting and there is also a memorably tongue-in-cheek scene where Nero dukes it out with a transvestite in an empty disco. However, the viewer must wade through a lot of clichés and dull passages to get to these moments"[4]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1980
• List of crime films of the 1980s

References

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

External links

• Day of the Cobra at IMDb

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