Thanks man.
I’ll PM you.
There is a UK DVD release of High Crime under the title The Marseilles Connection.
unable to find it on amazon UK, can you let me know some details? is it a legit one or bootleg?
23 rd Century is a bootleg outfit that released the title. Used to know one of the guys who did the covers for their releases. They got into a spot of bother when they released an Elvis title, and soon after they stopped releasing stuff.
As a rule, we don’t want to commit to any future releases until we have examined our print and see if it is good enough quality to be enjoyable. It’s a great film, but until we actually do a visual inspection of the print it is unknown on the status.
I forgot that there are a lot of Euro-crime fans on this forum as well…
That is close enough 
Thanks.
I now have a top 20 for this genre I think. I know there’s no official top 20 here but there is a lot of list-making on this site and I’ve devised one so I thought what the hell.
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Revolver
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The Tough Ones
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Almost human
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Manhunt
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High Crime
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The Big racket
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Street law
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Contraband
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Calibre 9
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Violent Naples
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Rabid Dogs
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Tony Arzenta
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Bandits in Milan
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The Heroin Busters
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The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist
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A Special Cop in Action
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The Hired Gun
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Blazing Magnums
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Gambling City
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From Corleone to Brooklyn
You never need apologise for making another list around here. We bloody love a list.
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Wow. Nice. Never managed to pick up the dvd release before it went OOP so this is great news
It’s funny how I have made many top20 list for sw over the years but for giallo or crime flick -which I’ve seen quite many too- I’ve never made it. I could probably name my top5 for both genres but that’s about it.
I just watched Giuseppe Vari’s Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 with bland english title Gangsters. I wanted to see it because I like Vari’s westerns but unfortunately apart from Luciano Rossi there’s really nothing memorable or special in the film.
I’ve enjoyed a few of these flicks, but my main complaint with many of them is the English dubbed versions - Typically they have American voice actors using very exaggerated American accents and slang, plus referring to dollars rather than Italian Lira, as if they’re pretending the films are set in some fictional nameless American city. Neutral, or preferably Italian accents would certainly raise their value for me.
I have discussed this with Italian friends, who’ve all told me that so much of the local humour gets lost in these redubs. But I suppose many will just enjoy the exploitation style crime movies, purely for these reasons and the over the top violent scenarios.
Me too!..and to be honest, i don’t mind the over the top violence/exploitation style on some of them. If it entertains me, i’m ok with it.
Me too. 
Yeah I can definetely agree with that. I’ve been lucky enough to see a fair few in Italian though like Almost Human, Bandits in Milan, The Milieu Trilogy etc. They’re certainly much better viewing that way.
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