La mano spietata della legge (1973)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Mario Gariazzo

Writer:

Mario Gariazzo (writer)

Release Date:

8 January 1976 (Mexico)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Cast

Philippe Leroy	...	Commissario Gianni De Carmine
Antonio Monselesan	...	D'Amico (as Tony Norton)
Silvia Monti	...	Linda De Carmine
Klaus Kinski	...	Vito Quattroni
Fausto Tozzi	...	Nicolò Patrovita
Pia Giancaro	...	Lilly Antonelli
Cyril Cusack	...	The Judge
Guido Alberti	...	Prof. Palmieri
Lincoln Tate	...	Joe Gambino
Marino Masé	...	Giuseppe di Leo
Luciano Rossi
Sergio Fantoni	...	Musante
Rosario Borelli	...	Salvatore Perrone
Tom Felleghy
Valentino Macchi

Also Known As:

The Bloody Hands of the Law

Runtime:

France:88 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-16

Company:

Difnei Cinematografica

Totally rare(ly seen) Italian crime flic, although not a very entertaining one!!

Found this title on Danish x-rental vhs-tape the other day. Letterboxed 1:1.70 and uncut. Runningtime is 95.21 mins, pal system. Danish title is....Politiets Hårde Drenge(tuff police-boys...in English!!). It's supposed to be extremely violent,but I fail to see the reason for this rumour as no real graphic violence is shown directly "in y'ar face"!! Ok...Klaus Kinski...looking very very cool in 70´s sunspex by the way....does set a guy's groin area on fire with a small flamethrower. Not a very pleasant scene. There's really no interesting story to follow and the action is rather tame, but we do get lots of truly nice shots of Klaus, who performs with his usual flair for putting on a cruel face. Participating from start to finish,he dosn't speak one single word throughout the entire movie,though!! Recommended for die-hard fans of either Italo crime or the wonderful Mr Kinski. I'm the latter, yep!! Worth a million on the sell/swap/trade scene among collectors worldwide!!