Bandits in Milan

Bandits in Milan
Bandits in Milan
	Film poster under alternative English title
	Banditi a Milano
Directed by	Carlo Lizzani
Screenplay by	Massimo De Rita; Dino Maiuri; Carlo Lizzanii;
Story by	Carlo Lizzani
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Gian Maria Volonté; Don Backy; Ray Lovelock; Margaret Lee; Tomas Milian;
Cinematography	Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production; company	Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	30 March 1968;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.768 billion

Bandits in Milan (Italian: Banditi a Milano; also known as The Violent Four) is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,^[2] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.^[3] It is the debut film of Agostina Belli.^[4]^{[page needed]}

Production[]

Like director Carlo Lizzani's previous film Wake Up and Die is based on a real life event, specifically a bank robbery that went wrong in Milan on 25 September 1967.^[1]

Cast[]

Gian Maria Volonté as Piero Cavallero
Tomas Milian as Commissario Basevi
Don Backy as Sante Notarnicola
Ray Lovelock as Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez
as Adriano Rovoletto 'Bartolini'
Piero Mazzarella as Piva
Laura Solari as Tuccio's Mother
Peter Martell as The Protector
Margaret Lee as Prostitute
Carla Gravina as Anna
as Robber
as Piero's Secretary
as Moglie di Piero
as Club Hitman
Agostina Belli as Ragazza in ostaggio
Pupo De Luca as Uomo della 1100

Release[]

Bandits in Milan was released on 30 March 1968.^[1] It grossed just over ₤1.768 billion in Italy.^[1] As of 2013, the film has never been released on home video.^[1]

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Curti, 2013. p. 11
^ "Festival de Cannes: Bandits in Milan". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
^ "1968 - On the beach, pavers". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.