Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia

The Violent Professionals
The Violent Professionals
	English-language poster
Directed by	Sergio Martino
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Story by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Produced by	Luciano Martino; Carlo Ponti;
Starring	Luc Merenda; Richard Conte; Silvano Tranquilli; Carlo Alighiero;
Cinematography	Giancarlo Ferrando
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Production; companies	Dania Film; Compagnia Cinematografica Champion;
Distributed by	Interfilm
Release date	August 22, 1973 (Italy);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.162 billion

The Violent Professionals (Italian: Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia) is a 1973 Italian Poliziotteschi gangster film directed by Sergio Martino. The film stars Luc Merenda (Giorgio Caneparo) who goes undercover as a getaway driver for the mob so he can wage a one-man war on crime to avenge the death of father-figure cop Gianni (Silvano Tranquilli).

In 2009 Empire Magazine named it #9 in a poll of the "20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)".

Cast[]

Luc Merenda as Commissioner Giorgio Caneparo
Richard Conte as Padulo aka Salassolio
Silvano Tranquilli as Gianni Viviani
Carlo Alighiero as Commissioner Nicastro
Martine Brochard as Maria
Chris Avram as Commissioner Del Buono
Lia Tanzi as the prostitute
Antonio Casale as Casardi
Luciano Rossi as Cruciani

Release[]

The Violent Professionals was released in Italy on August 22, 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm.^[1] It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000 Italian lire.^[1]

The film has been released in an English-language friendly DVD by Wild East and as a double feature from Alpha Video with Deadly Drifter.^[1]