Calling All Police Cars
(1975)
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Calling All Police Cars
(1975)
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Antonio Sabato | ... | |
| Luciana Paluzzi | ... |
Ispettrice Giovanna Nunziante
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Enrico Maria Salerno | ... |
Police Chief Carraro
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| Gabriele Ferzetti | ... |
Professore Andrea Icardi
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Elio Zamuto | ... |
Professore Giacometti
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Ettore Manni | ... |
Enrico Tummoli
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Marino Masé | ... |
Franz Hekker - 'Francesco Pagano'
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Bedy Moratti | ... |
Emilia Icardi
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Adriana Fiore | ... |
Stripper
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Franco Ressel | ... |
Gynaecologist
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Margherita Horowitz | ... |
Antonietta - Icardi's maid
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Tino Bianchi | ... |
Police Commissioner
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Valentino Macchi | ... |
Petrol Station Attendant
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Andrea Lala | ... |
Marshall Attardi
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Benedetto Benedetti |
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I don't know how many times I missed out on this one on late-night Italian TV, believing it to be a low-brow poliziottesco; having recently enjoyed Caiano's WEAPONS OF DEATH (1977) and, noticing it was scheduled for yet another passage this week, I decided to check it out (even if I knew that particular channel would suffer from bad reception).
As it turned out, the film contains strong elements of the giallo and, in fact, most resembles a similar hybrid I watched a couple of weeks ago Massimo Dallamano's WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? (1974)! The plot again involves the uncovering of a teenage prostitution ring (also treated in Romolo Guerrieri's CITY UNDER SIEGE [1974]) though, in this case, it emerges as a red herring (a false trail picked up by the police in its investigation into the disappearance of the 15 year-old daughter of eminent surgeon Gabriele Ferzetti).
The above-average cast also includes Antonio Sabato (better than expected as the cop assigned to the case), Enrico Maria Salerno as his superior, Luciana Paluzzi as a social worker (paralleling the feminist angle seen in the Dallamano film), Ettore Manni as a peeper, Marino Mase' as the racketeer leading an outwardly respectable life, etc. Similar to WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?, the police procedural is quite thorough and takes center-stage; however, a couple of the murders are pretty graphic (one of them was basically replicated outright into Alberto Negrin's RINGS OF FEAR [1978] another giallo which recently received a first-time viewing from me). Actually, the film feels a bit too voyeuristic in its intent (with plenty of gratuitous female nudity) though making up for this by not providing any easy answers with its unexpected revelation at the finale