Sexycop (Italian: La Madama) 1976 Italian crime comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru.[2]^{[page needed]}[3]^{[page needed]}

Sexycop
Directed by	Duccio Tessari
Screenplay by	Massimo Felisatti Fabio Pittorru Duccio Tessari[1]
Based on	La Madama by Massimo Felisatti Fabio Pittorru
Produced by	Giorgio Venturini[1]
Starring	Christian De Sica Ines Pellegrini Oreste Lionello
Cinematography	Giulio Albonico[1]
Edited by	Mario Morra[1]
Music by	Manuel De Sica[1]
Production company	Filmes Cinematographica[1]
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	16 January 1976 (1976-01-16) (Italy)
Running time	94 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]

Plot

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Cast

• Christian De Sica as Vito Militiello
• Carole André as "La Madama"
• Tom Skerritt as Jack
• Ines Pellegrini as Irma
• Oreste Lionello as Inspector Solmi
• Ettore Manni as Sante Tonnaro
• Gigi Ballista as The Venetian
• Francesco De Rosa as Squillace

Production

Sexycop was based on the novel La Madama written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru.[1] The term Madama itself, was a Rome-based slang for Italy's mobile police, similar to the English slang "the fuzz".[1] The book was the third in a series of novels and was adapted to film by director Duccio Tessari who turned the film into more of a comedy oriented film.[1]

Release

Sexycop was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 16 January 1976.[1] It grossed a total of 173,627,420 Italian lire domestically.[1] The film has also been released as La Madama l'agente Minchiello e il caso Patacchioni.[1] Italian film historian Roberto Curti described the Italian box office as "disappointing".[1]

Reception

Curti stated that contemporary critics "ravaged the film".[1] Corriere della Sera's Renato Palazzo found the film to be closer to "the childish comic-adventure series starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill" noting that "this formula has been frayed for a long time."[1] Orio Caldiron of La Rivista del cinematografo stated that although Tessari has never been a master filmmaker, wondered how far he could have lost his way with the film.[4]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1976

References

Bibliography

External links

• Sexycop at IMDb

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