Gang War in Naples

1972 film
  • Fabio Testi
  • Jean Seberg
  • Raymond Pellegrin
  • Charles Vanel
CinematographyGiulio Albonico[1]Edited byDaniele Alabiso[1]Music byManuel De Sica[1]
Production
companies
  • Mondial Te. Fi.
  • Europa Film
  • Parafrance[1]
Distributed byTitanus
Release dates
  • 24 August 1972 (1972-08-24) (Italy)
  • 30 August 1972 (1972-08-30) (France)
Running time
113 minutes[1]Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]
Box office₤1,345 billion

Gang War in Naples (Italian: Camorra) is a 1972 crime film written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri.[2][1]

Cast

  • Fabio Testi: Tonino Russo
  • Raymond Pellegrin: Don Mario Capece
  • Jean Seberg: Luisa
  • Enzo Cannavale: Nicola Cafiero "Sciancato"
  • Ugo D'Alessio: Pietro Russo, padre di Tonino
  • Lilla Brignone: madre di Tonino
  • Germana Carnacina: Anna
  • Charles Vanel: Don Domenico De Ritis
  • Enzo Turco: Don Silverio
  • Salvatore Puntillo: il commissario Capezzuto
  • Renato Chiantoni: Agostino
  • Paul Muller: l'onorevole

Production

Gang War in Naples was director Pasquale Squitieri's fourth film after directing three spaghetti Westerns.[1] Fabio Testi was cast in the film as Tonino Russo after Squitieri saw him in Le Tueur with Jean Gabin.[1] Squitieri went to Paris to meet him despite his producers wanting to cast Massimo Ranieri and Martin Balsam for the roles.[1] Squitieri explained that he "didn't have anything against those actors, but I needed someone who would scare the audience when he came on the screen, and Fabio Testi, with his imposing physique, was just perfect."[1] Squitieri also cast Raymond Pellegrin, noting that Pellegrin "was my idol, he starred in a movie I adore, André Cayatte's Are We All Murderers?."[3] Squiteri also declared casting Jean Seberg was easy as she was Testi's girlfriend at the time.[3]

The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Naples.[1]

Release

Gang War in Naples was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 24 August 1972.[1] The film grossed a total of 1,345,608,000 Italian lire domestically.[1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described the box office success of the film in Italy was to the Camorra what The Godfather was to film on the Sicilian mafia".[1]

It was distributed in France on 30 August 1972 with a 100-minute running time as Les tueurs a gages.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Curti 2013, p. 59.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
  3. ^ a b Curti 2013, p. 60.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links

  • Gang War in Naples at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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