The 70s crime/cops movies

[Tony]

This thread is dedicated to movies containing violence , un-politically correct messages , greats car chase scenes , mob/mafia themes , a genre very famous from the late 60s till the early 80s.

Poliziotteschi is a sub-genre of crime and action film that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and became popular in the 1970s. Poliziotteschi films are also known as poliziottesco, Italo-crime, Euro-crime or simply Italian crime films.

In Italian, poliziesco is the grammatically correct Italian adjective (resulting from the fusion of the noun polizia "police" and the desinence -esco "related to", akin to the English "-esque") for police-related dramas, ranging from Ed McBain's police procedural novels to CSI forensic investigations. Poliziesco is used generally to indicate every fiction production where police forces (Italian or foreign) are the main protagonists.

The term Poliziottesco, on the other hand, coming straight from the fusion of the words poliziotto "policeman" and the same -esco desinence, suggesting a low-key derivative imprint, is only ever used to indicate '70s-era Italian-produced "tough cop" and crime movies. Recurring elements in poliziotteschi films include graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels.


Italia a mano armata aka A Special Cop in Action

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[Tony]

Robbery is a 1967 crime film directed by Peter Yates. The story is a heavily fictionalised version of the 1963 Great Train Robbery.
The cast includes Stanley Baker, James Booth, Frank Finlay and Barry Foster
The film was produced by Stanley Baker and Michael Deeley, for Baker's company Oakhurst Productions.

The film is notable for its car chase sequences, and lead to its director, Peter Yates, being hired to direct the Hollywood crime film Bullitt, the following year.
The opening scene shows an aerial shot of a car-lined Hatton Garden. A 'traffic warden' places a time-delay device inside a parked car. A chauffeur appears from a jewellers with his master who is ushered into the car and then wafted away at speed. The car, a Vanden Plas 4 litre is followed at a distance by an ambulance containing two villains dressed as ambulancemen. The car eventually crashes into a skip after its occupants are gased driving along Nothumberland Avenue. The ambulance promptly arrives at the scene taking away the passenger with a briefcase chained to his hand. News of the abduction reaches the police and a car chase breaks out after the villains abandon the ambulance for a Jaguar MK II in a North West London housing estate.

The chase begins and after many miles the diamond robbers eventually get away - the diamonds raising a chunk of money for what is later dubbed 'The Crime of the Century'. All of the exterior locations for Robbery were filmed in and around Central London and include great period shots of Marble Arch, Trafalgar Square, Little Venice & Kensal Green.

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La mala ordina aka:
Black Kingpin (USA) (video title)
Der Mafia Boß - Sie töten wie Schakale (West Germany)
Der Mafiaboss - Der Eisenfresser (West Germany)
Der Tod des Paten (West Germany)
Hired to Kill (International: English title)
Hit Men (USA) (video title)
Hitmen (USA) (video title)
Man Hunt (USA) (video title)
Manhunt (USA) (video title)
Manhunt in Milan (UK)
Manhunt in the City (International: English title)
The Italian Connection (USA)

Small-time pimp Luca Canali (Mario Adorf) is hunted by both local mobsters and two killers (Henry Silva and Woody Strode) sent by the New York mafia after a shipment of heroin fails to arrive. But it becomes apparent he is not as soft as he appears as a deadly cat-and-mouse game is played out on the streets of Milan. The film contains a dramatic chase scene where Canali pursues an assassin both on car and on foot.

The two American hitmen have contrasting personalities. Dave (Silva) is something of a playboy and loudmouth, while Frank (Strode) is quiet and professional. The concept of two hitmen teamed up, one black and one white, appears to have been a likely inspiration for the characters played by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.[1]

Luca Canali (Mario Adorf) chases and avenges the murder of his wife and daughter.

"A great chase scene that people might not know about is in an Italian crime movie by Fernando Di Leo: it's been released to video under a million titles, including Manhunt and Hired to Kill." - Quentin Tarantino

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[Tony]

Roma a mano armata aka Rome armed to the teeth(1976)

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Synopsis: Inspector Leonardo Tanzi is a tough detective working the dangerous streets of Rome. His violent method of dealing with criminals is brutal but very effective. He becomes enraged that most of the criminals he catches are released within only a few hours, only to repeat their crimes shortly afterward.

Soon Tanzi is taken off the gang-control squad and given a desk job by his boss who is not happy with Tanzi?s violent procedures. Consequently, with Tanzi off the streets the gangsters start a wild crime wave, causing widespread corruption and anarchy in the streets. Banks are robbed, children are kidnapped, and it?s all up to Tanzi to set things straight.
http://www.pokerindustries.com/poker.store?page=item&sku=ROMEARMED-DVD

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[Tony]

Don't know if you've noticed in the Rome armed to the teeth's opening credit the cameras insisting on commercial signs with even a couple of zooms in , that was a main theme for also a number of similar movies , since they were pretty low budgeted they had to rely on such "hidden" commercials...

found a good trailer in English , here's the title is The tought ones, but it's always the same film.

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and the trailer in Italian

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[Tony]

NAPOLI VIOLENTA

Napoli violenta (English title: Violent Naples) is a poliziotteschi film directed by the Italian crime film specialist Umberto Lenzi in 1976. It was released on VHS in the US under the title Violent Protection.

http://www.kinocite.co.uk/18/1820.php

Writing in Nightmare Movies, critic Kim Newman dismissed Violent Naples writer-director Umberto Lenzi as a "long time hack". One wonders how much of Lenzi's output he had actually seen when he made this blanket judgement and, in particular, if he had taken in any of the writer-director's crime films from the mid-1970s; films that, in dealing with the realities of an Italy rife with crime, corruption and terrorism, would seem somewhat germane to his discussion of manifestations of horror post-1968.


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For the picture that emerges from here one of a filmmaker who had found his metier but – like his countryman Lucio Fulci with the zombie film a few years later – was soon to be forced back into doing whatever was in the box-office vogue.

Put simply, Violent Naples is a kick-ass action film that starts off as it means to go on and never takes its foot of the pedal for its hour and a half running time.

Inspector Berti, played by the iconic, talismanic, always over-the-top Maurizio Merli, has arrived in town and is determined to clean up – whatever it takes.

Three main interlocking crimes and plots, representing different manifestations of the same social malaise, soon attract Berti's interest and provide the backdrop for a succession of fistfights, shoot outs, chases, general violence and occasional attempts at social comment.

First, there are the petty thieves and fences like Quasimodo (everyone's favourite sleazebag Luciano Rossi) and his gang, who prey on the weak and vulnerable.


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Second, there is the crew of bank robbers led by smug paroleee Franco Casagrande, who cunningly times his exploits to immediately precede his checking in at the police station to provide for an iron-clad alibi.

Finally, there is the organised crime of Camorra boss The Commandante (Barry Sullivan) and Mafia representative Francesco Capuano (John Saxon) – both actors obviously present for their foreign box-office appeal – a seemingly respectable lawyer who takes great pains to keep his hands clean.

While the sociological insight is limited, basically a suggestion that the public needs more figures like Berti who understand the difference between upholding the law – a law that serves the needs of the criminals over ordinary citizens – and ensuring social order – necessitating breaking the law on occasion to ensure some scumbag does not go unpunished – the action is more than ample compensation.


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If one moment had to be singled out, it would be the chase sequence where, having figured out Casagrande's M.O., Berti embarks on a race to intercept the robber as he is en route to the police HQ. It's a while since I've seen Bullitt, The French Connection or Ronin, but this one is up there with them – all the more so when the chase continues on foot, Berti leaping atop the cable car in which Casagrande has taken hostages like something out of one of Jackie Chan's Police Story series minus the kung-fu.

An excellent, driving soundtrack by Franco Micalizzi – a number of cuts from which have featured on Italian crime soundtrack compilations – and lots of familiar Italian genre faces doing their thing, top it all off nicely.

Highly recommended, even if the Lenzi name would normally put you off.


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Alfa Digital's Region Free NTSC DVD showcases Violent Naples in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio and has been anamorphically enhanced. Though there's some pixellation and damage evident from time to time, there's never enough to seriously mar one's enjoyment of what is otherwise a pretty good grey/unofficial/bootleg release.

Sound-wise things aren't quite so good. Only the English dub is available so one doesn't get to chance to hear Merli himself uttering lines like "You crud! I ought to beat your ears in!" in Italian, but it's otherwise a decent (mono) presentation in which dialogue, effects and score come through nicely.

Disappointingly there are no extras – not even a Merli or Lenzi filmography or a battered trailer. Again, though, the strength of the fil itself is enough to see it through and, hell, if someone were to bring out a box set of all of Lenzi's crime films then I, for one, would quite happily double dip.




by the way violence in Naples is still a daily reality...

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[Cato]

One 70s cop tops them all.

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[Tony]

Scenes with Maurizio Merli from Convoy Busters 1978, The Cynic, The Rat & The Fist 1977 and Violent Naples 1976.

Italian Crime Movie Soundtrack:
1. La polizia ha le mani legate (Killer Cop) 1975 - Stelvio Cipriani

2. Quelli della calibro 38 (Colt 38 Special Squad) 1976 - Stelvio Cipriani

3. Hold-Up, instantánea de una Rapina/corrupción (Hold Up) 1977 - Franco Micalizzi

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and a superb chase in Athens from Le casse , a french movie.

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[Chris]

Coogan's Bluff! It was almost 70's. It has Clint Eastwood, guns, nudity, fist fights, and a two Triumph motorbike chase through Fort Tryon Park!

[esaima]

The Mad Bomber - starring Chuck Conners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl65laykr3E

[Tony]

The Mad Bomber - starring Chuck Conners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl65laykr3E

I liked that movie but wouldn't put in the category of crime films , Mad Bomber is in tune with films like Death Wish and Falling Down , the plot is a family tragedy (daughter killed/assaulted , a break up etc) that turns a good commoner into a lone avenger that resort to violence to redime the society from its vices , more or less.

It's a different kind of movie imho.

[Tony]

I'd like to stress the fact that in many movies of that time the villains are played by swarthy types while the good ones by light skinned/haired guys , it's not a rule of every film but pretty common , have you noticed that?

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Scenes from the golden age of "Dirty Harry"!

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Now, the Godfather!

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Roma a mano armata aka Rome armed to the teeth(1976)

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Synopsis: Inspector Leonardo Tanzi is a tough detective working the dangerous streets of Rome. His violent method of dealing with criminals is brutal but very effective. He becomes enraged that most of the criminals he catches are released within only a few hours, only to repeat their crimes shortly afterward.

Soon Tanzi is taken off the gang-control squad and given a desk job by his boss who is not happy with Tanzi?s violent procedures. Consequently, with Tanzi off the streets the gangsters start a wild crime wave, causing widespread corruption and anarchy in the streets. Banks are robbed, children are kidnapped, and it?s all up to Tanzi to set things straight.
http://www.pokerindustries.com/poker.store?page=item&sku=ROMEARMED-DVD

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Love the music for Roma A Mano Armata, sounds like Goblin~

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Charlton Heston, as detective Thorn, duking it out with Chuck Connors(a.k.a. The Rifleman) in Soylent Green! :thumb001:

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[Tony]

La via della droga aka The dope way

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When I first saw this film many years ago, I was put off by its slow and fragmented first ten minutes, featuring scenes of (gratuitous!) drug use in various parts of the world. Also, I had just seen David Hemmings' other Italian crime film from this year, SWINDLE with Tomas Milian (directed by Bruno Corbucci), which was INCREDIBLE, and this did not seem as good.

However, once the film kicks into gear after fifteen minutes or so, it is quite good and features some incredible stunt work, imaginative action sequences, exciting guitar-driven music from Goblin (not as repetitive as some of their work), a wonderful over-the-top performance by David Hemmings as an interpol narcotics investigator, and a cool, smoldering performance by Fabio Testi as an undercover cop out to bust the international drug trade.

As a later 70s product, this film features unnecessary closeup shots of drug use and some gratuitous nudity (a lesbian scene presented as a FANTASY of a minor character!), but there's not enough of either to derail what becomes a nail-biting action film. The final fifteen to twenty minutes of HEROIN BUSTERS are incredible--the motorcycle chase in the subway, which leads into an outrageous airplane chase--some of the most interesting and daredevil action-film stunt-work I've seen in a while.

The film also has nice bursts of humor here and there (such as when Hemmings, chasing a crook, gets a ride from a young lady on a motorcycle and has to grab on to her breast to hold on!) and was quite satisfying on all levels. It does start slow, however, so don't give up on it (or fast forward through some of the initial scenes). What a "golden age" of Italian crime films the 1970's was--even a standard genre entry turns out to be a gem, the likes of which would NEVER be made today.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076877/

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The Seven-Ups! Unforgettably awesome. Car chase is boss.

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Remember Buford T. Justice or J. W. Pepper?:)

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[Cato]

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[Tony]

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[Tony]

The Franco Micalizzi's epic themes.

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