Emergency Squad (1974)
"Squadra volante" (original title)

Director:

Stelvio Massi

Writers:

Franco Barberi (screenplay), Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay),

Stars:

Tomas Milian, Gastone Moschin, Ray Lovelock

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tomas Milian	...	Ispettore Tomas Ravelli
Gastone Moschin	...	Marsigliese
Ray Lovelock	...	Rino Micheli - aka il Filosofo
Mario Carotenuto	...	Brigadiere Lavagni
Stefania Casini	...	Marta Hayworth
Guido Leontini	...	Mario Berlotti - aka Cranio
Ilaria Guerrini	...	Fede
Giuseppe Castellano	...	Peppe
Marcello Venditti	...	'Serbia'
Gabriella Cotignoli
Fabrizio Mazzotti
Nino D'Errico	...	Leonardi (as Nino Curatola)
Giorgio Basso
Carla Mancini	...	(credit only)
Antonio La Raina	...	Commissario Calò

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

mob violence | pistol | gore | interpol | blood | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

24 April 1974 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Emergency Squad

Filming Locations:

Pavia, Lombardia, Italy

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)

User Reviews

A very average poliziotteschi

Emergency Squad/Squadra Volante (the latter actually translating as 'Flying Squad') is an okayish no-budget poliziotteschi that there's absolutely no reason to watch but which fills the time slightly better than expected if you do. The usual cop out to find his wife's killer plot suffers from having a lead who is barely present (the usually reliable Tomas Milian is a surprisingly dull turn in an almost non-existent role), but there are a few minor flourishes (such as Milian imagining crooks standing in front of the targets in a pistol range) and it fulfils every exploitation film's remit: always include an explosion for the trailer and book a helicopter for one day's shooting. The best moment comes not in the film itself but on the DVD extras in a brief but rambling interview with the film's dying director, Stelvio Massi, when he tries to remember the name of some American director who wrote him a fan letter until his wife suddenly remembers: "Tarantino?" "Yes, I think that's it."