Italian Crime Films

The Saloon
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This is how my current top 10 list looks like.

  1. Revolver
  2. High Crime
  3. Almost Human
  4. IL Boss
  5. Violent Rome
  6. Confessions of a police captain
  7. Street Law
  8. Milano Calibro 9
  9. Violent Naples
  10. Manhunt
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All great films Dorado.

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Is there any dvd release of Violent Rome yet? I’d love to see that one.

By the way, all of you who love the music of crime films, I suggest you to get Beretta 70 cd. It’s great compliation with music from Micalizzi, De Angelis, Goblin etc.

I’ve been listening it now for weeks. It’s awesome.

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There is an Itslian release but unfortunately it has only Italian subs and language >:(

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[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:184, topic:376”]There is an Itslian release but unfortunately it has only Italian subs and language >:([/quote]Do you know if there’s any fandubbed or subbed versions around?

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[quote=“Dorado, post:181, topic:376”]This is how my current top 10 list looks like.

  1. Revolver
  2. High Crime
  3. Almost Human
  4. IL Boss
  5. Violent Rome
  6. Confessions of a police captain
  7. Street Law
  8. Milano Calibro 9
  9. Violent Naples
  10. Manhunt[/quote]
    I’ve had my eye on Revolver and street law but Milano Calibro 9 is what im really dying to see but I think its really hard to find.
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There is you can purchase it from this guy.

http://www.trash-online.com/main2.htm

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Milano Calibro 9 is out on DVD from Raro Video and it can almost always be found on eBay.

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apparently the fansub is of the recent Italian dvd which is apparently cut, i can do you s dvd-r from my Portuguese tape if you want to see it.

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I finaly got to watch Violent Naples. Great film. Merli kicks ass. Any suggestions as to what I should purchase next? The only other Italian crime films I have are Weapons of Death and Beast With a Gun.

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[quote=“Cian, post:190, topic:376”]I finaly got to watch Violent Naples. Great film. Merli kicks ass. Any suggestions as to what I should purchase next? The only other Italian crime films I have are Weapons of Death and Beast With a Gun.[/quote]If you like Violent Naples i suggest “Rome armed to the teeth / The Tough Ones / Assault with a deadly weapon” (whatever title it happens to be under!)

Merli is as hard a motherfucker as always with Tomas Milian playing an evil hunchback.

Matter of fact, watch any Umberto Lenzi crime films with Milian or Merli (or both!) in. :slight_smile:

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[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:191, topic:376”]If you like Violent Naples i suggest “Rome armed to the teeth / The Tough Ones / Assault with a deadly weapon” (whatever title it happens to be under!)

Merli is as hard a motherfucker as always with Tomas Milian playing an evil hunchback.

Matter of fact, watch any Umberto Lenzi crime films with Milian or Merli (or both!) in. :)[/quote]

Thanks, I’ll get a copy ASAP.

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Some of the best italian crime movies is Almost Human and Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man. But actually there are so many more brilliant movies that I could list for example The Big Racket, Heroin Busters and Kidnap Syndicate and …so on. I’m totally sold for this movies and there aren’t many in the genre that I don’t like.

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I, too, like quite a few of the classic Italian crime films.
My favorites would include:

  1. HIGH CRIME
  2. TONY ARZENTA (aka, BIG GUNS. Directed by Tessari. Starring my man Alain Delon!)
  3. HEROIN BUSTERS
  4. THE BIG RACKET
  5. STREET LAW
  6. REVOLVER
  7. THE BOSS
  8. KILLER VS. KILLERS
  9. GAMBLING CITY
  10. THE LAST ROUND

I enjoy just about any crime flick with Merili, too!

Stepping outside of the Italian box for a moment, I would like to mention some French crime films that I absolutely love.

LE DOULOS, LE SAMOURAI, LE CERCLE ROUGE, SECOND BREATH (Le Deuxieme souffle ), UN FLIC, BOB LE FLAMBEUR…all by Jean-Pierre Melville (a director I hold in almost as high a regard as Sergio Leone!).

And I also like almost any crime film with Alain Delon. THE SICILIAN CLAN is a classic!
And so are ANY NUMBER CAN WIN (MELODIE EN SOUS-SOL) and LE GITAN.

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French movies are also great, except the one you already mentioned I think we should lift up Belmondo also. An great frencg actor.

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Absolutely! Belmondo is almost always great. And the original BORSALINO where he is paired with Delon is one of the best gangster movies ever, in my opinion.

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Per sur la Ville (Fear over the city) is excellent, my favourite Belmondo :slight_smile:

and a great Morricone score too!

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[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:197, topic:376”]Per sur la Ville (Fear over the city) is excellent, my favourite Belmondo :slight_smile:

and a great Morricone score too![/quote]

I agree on both counts!!
Is this movie available on DVD??

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[quote=“Chris_Casey, post:198, topic:376”]I agree on both counts!!
Is this movie available on DVD??[/quote]
it is from Amazon.uk for £10, I just ordered one myself.

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[quote=“Dorado, post:199, topic:376”]it is from Amazon.uk for £10, I just ordered one myself.

Excellent! Thanks for the tip, Dorado!