Oh Well, i’ll have to stick to my vhs for now.
What about french crime films, they are said to be really good.
Films by Jean-Pierre Melville for example, Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge, Un Flic.
[quote=“Silvanito, post:22, topic:376”]What about french crime films, they are said to be really good.
Films by Jean-Pierre Melville for example, Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge, Un Flic.[/quote]
I’ve seen some. mostly ones with Alain Delon but I didn’t like them as much as I liked the italians. Italian films have much more action and violence as french ones are more about the characters and the story I’d say. Le Samourai was good one though and The Sicilian Clan is absolute must-see with great cast and Morricone music.
The Sicilian Clan is a superb fim, apparently the Japanese have an uncut version in English.
Le Cercle rouge is excellent with Alain Delon and the great Gian Maria Volonte.
As stated above these films aren’t as action packed as the Italian films but they are great films in their own right.
There is one exception at least to this “PEUR SUR LA VILLE” (Fear over the city) 1975 directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as Inspector Jean Letellier.
This film in my opinion is up there with the best of the Italian efforts and Belmondo actually does his own death defying stunts and the excellent cinematography shows this to the full.
Not forgetting an excellent score by Ennio Morricone!
It is available on a French DVD with optional English subtitles.
[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:24, topic:376”]There is one exception at least to this “PEUR SUR LA VILLE” (Fear over the city) 1975 directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as Inspector Jean Letellier.
This film in my opinion is up there with the best of the Italian efforts and Belmondo actually does his own death defying stunts and the excellent cinematography shows this to the full.
Not forgetting an excellent score by Ennio Morricone!
It is available on a French DVD with optional English subtitles.[/quote]
Thanks for the tip, I have to get this one too. Do you know does the french dvd of The Sicilian Clan have english subtitles?
Sorry i don’t know, but you have to watch out for those French releases. 
Has anybody seen “Banditi A Milano” (Bandits in Milan) with Tomas Milian and Gian Maria Volonte.
I’ve wanted to see it for years but had no such luck 
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Go to www.rarovideo.com, they have some excellent Italian crime films
Would anyone recommend anything?
Still I think buying movies on ebay would be better choice, which Im going to do instead of buying off a website.
Some interesting releases:
http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/roma-violenta-soundtrack-p-10417.html
Since Italian crime films are related in a lot of ways to SW’s (Same Producers, Directors, Actors etc…) I thought I would open a seperate thread on the subject for discussion of those films.
I have just started collecting them so I only have 5 on dvd this far, but more has been ordered. I would be glad to hear from others interrested in this genre. What films do you have? how do you rate them? etc…
Italian crime films are great and really kick arse, and took off in a lot of ways when the Italian Western was going in different directions or virtually becoming extinct.
And like you say there is a big overlap as so many directers, musical composers, screenplay writers and actors went on to do work in crime films.
Revolver is good like you say, and it is a tough little film, but I think I prefer Violent City (A.K A The Family in the U.S) also by Sollima just for the fact that I like alot of Charles Bronson’s earlier work.
Umberto Lenzi has done some of his best work in this genre for example, and one you should look out for is The Cynic The Rat and The Fist, which is great.
Some crime films eventually went the way most spaghetti westerns went, slapstick and comedy which is not my cup of tea.
Hi Ennioo.
I also like Violent City a lot and Bronson is also one of my favorites. In my opinion Revolver is a more profound film than Violent City though. The way Oliver Reed has to “sell” his dignity and the law he believes in and “use” (commit murder for the mob) the Revolver to save his wife makes this film special in my opinion.
Interesting points Dorado, and I really like the music to Revolver.
But its good people like different films more than others as keeps the discussion going!!
I have The Big Racket and the Heroin Busters to watch on Blue Underground, have you seen?
I know The Big Racket on Blue Underground is uncut, compared to the U.K D.V.D, what a surprise!
I completly agree with you Ennioo, good people favor some films over others because of personal taste 
I have not seen either The Big Racket or the Heroin Busters yet, but I ordered The Big Racket about a week ago, I hope to get it soon. 
Good stuff Dorado.
I have to admit I really like Henry Silvia in crime films, he just looks like one mean son of a bitch!
Personal favorites with him in are:
Cry Of A Prostitute (A must see for a classic line he says in the film, and is a pretty mean and cool film).
Almost Human (Stars Tomas Milan also, and directed by Umberto Lenzi if I remember correctly)
Weapons Of Death (Cool and classic stuff, also stars Leonard Mann)
By the way have seen the British Film from the early 1970’s with Oliver Reed in (as you seem quite a fan), called Sitting Target?
[quote=“ENNIOO, post:37, topic:376”]Good stuff Dorado.
I have to admit I really like Henry Silvia in crime films, he just looks like one mean son of a bitch!
Personal favorites with him in are:
Cry Of A Prostitute (A must see for a classic line he says in the film, and is a pretty mean and cool film).
Almost Human (Stars Tomas Milan also, and directed by Umberto Lenzi if I remember correctly)
Weapons Of Death (Cool and classic stuff, also stars Leonard Mann)
By the way have seen the British Film from the early 1970’s with Oliver Reed in (as you seem quite a fan), called Sitting Target?[/quote]
I don’t recall having seen Sitting Target, but I might just have forgot about it.
By the way Henry Silva is also one of my favorite actors in cirme films, he playes one mean looking bastard. He gives one of his best performances though as the chief of polize in Enzo Castellari’s Fuga dal Bronx. He does not play the lead role in that film, but he completly steals the show.
By the way I just discovered that there is already a thread in the saloon called “Italian Crime Films” discussing the same issue as this thread so I should not have opened one more sorry about that.
Re your comments Dorado.
Glad you like Henry Silvia.
This is one guy you just would not mess with, because you just know he is one mean mother.
He was for consistency reasons, never used to such great effect for his roles in crime films.
I totally agree with you, he certainly 100% steals the show in The Bronz Warriors, like he does in most of his roles, he really does have a very strong screen presence.
I also like him in the Burt Reynolds directed thriller from 1981 called Sharkey’s Machine.
If you do not remember Sitting Target, then you have probably not seen it, as believe me if you had, you would most certainly remember it.
Not as stylish as Revolver, but a very gritty and mean tough little film, which as you like Revolver, you will almost like him in this role.
This is one therefore to look out for.
Maybe Sebastian could merge these topics together?
Latest crime films I’ve seen were Man Called Magnum, Convoy Busters and Colt .38 Squad. Convoy Busters was best out of those, though not one of Merli’s best.