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Gang War in Milan (Italian: Milano rovente, lit. 'Scorching Hot Milan') is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi.[3][4]

Gang War in Milan
Directed by	Umberto Lenzi
Screenplay by	Franco Enna Umberto Lenzi[1]
Starring	Antonio Sabato Philippe Leroy Antonio Casagrande Carla Romanelli
Cinematography	Lamberto Caimi[1]
Edited by	Iolanda Benvenuti[1]
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli[2]
Production company	Lombard Film[2]
Distributed by	Variety Film
Release date	23 February 1973 (1973-02-23) (Italy)
Running time	101 minutes[2]
Country	Italy[2]
Box office	₤631.702 million

Cast

• Antonio Sabàto: Salvatore Cangemi
• Philippe Leroy: Roger Daverty
• Marisa Mell: Jasmina
• Antonio Casagrande: Lino Caruso
• Carla Romanelli: Virginia
• Tano Cimarosa: Nino Balsamo

Production

Gang War in Milan was Umberto Lenzi's first entry in the crime genre after making several spy and action films in the 1960s.[2] Lenzi stated in an interview that both the film's story and script were by Franco Enna, a giallo novelist who lived in Switzerland and that the credited writer Ombretta Lanza was a daughter of one of the producers who attributed to the story.[2] Lenzi than later claimed that he completely re-wrote the script as it was closer to a 1930s crime film than a film noir.[2]

It was filmed at Icet - De Paolis Studios in Milan and on location in Milan.[2]

Release

Gang War in Milan was released theatrically in Italy on 23 February 1973 where it was distributed by Variety Film.[2] The film grossed a total of 631.702 million Italian lira on its release.[2]

Reception

Director Umberto Lenzi later felt that the film's story had "a basic error on the behalf of the producers [...]. We shouldn't have made the protagonist a pimp. You can have a pickpocket, a drug dealer, or a killer, but not a pimp, because the viewer doesn't sympathize with him. He's a dirty soundrel with whom you can't identify"[5]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1973

Footnotes

References

External links

• Gang War in Milan at IMDb
• (in Italian) Film locations in Milan

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