Il poliziotto è marcio (1974)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Fernando Di Leo

Writers:

Fernando Di Leo (screenplay)
Sergio Donati (story)

Release Date:

15 January 1976 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Plot Keywords:

Poliziottesco

Cast

Luc Merenda	...	Domenico Malacarne
Richard Conte
Delia Boccardo	...	Sandra
Raymond Pellegrin
Gianni Santuccio
Vittorio Caprioli
Salvo Randone
Rosario Borelli
Monica Monet
Gino Milli
Elio Zamuto
Loris Bazzocchi
Marcello Di Falco
Massimo Sarchielli
Marisa Traversi

Also Known As:

Salut les pourris (France)
Shoot First, Die Later (USA)

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Cinemaster S.r.l.

Superior spaghetti Polar

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A very good "spaghetti polar" from the talented director Fernando DiLeo. Luc Merenda isn't the best leading man of the genre but the rest of the cast is first rate, so is the inevitable car chase occurring in the middle of the story.

There is also an interesting look at police corruption in Italy - a theme very sensitive at that time there, I guess - delivered by an intelligent script and a main character very well drawn.

And, of course, there's also a huge amount of violence in it and a very dark conclusion.