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Directed by | Sergio Martino |
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Screenplay by | Ernesto Gastaldi |
Story by | Ernesto Gastaldi |
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Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
Cinematography | Giancarlo Ferrando |
Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
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Distributed by | Interfilm |
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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)".
The Violent Professionals was released in Italy on August 22, 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm. It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000 Italian lire.
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.