Revolver (1973)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Sergio Sollima

Writers:

Massimo De Rita (screenplay)
Arduino Maiuri (screenplay)

Release Date:

November 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The last battle between crime and the law in every major city in the world.

Plot:

An Italian official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back...

Plot Keywords:

Prisoner | Telephone | Rage | Threat | Kidnapping

Cast

Oliver Reed	...	Vito Cipriani
Fabio Testi	...	Milo Ruiz
Paola Pitagora	...	Carlotta
Agostina Belli	...	Anna Cipriani
Frédéric de Pasquale	...	Michel Granier
Marc Mazza	...	Bald Police Inspector
Reinhard Kolldehoff	...	French Lawyer (as René Kolldehoff)
Bernard Giraudeau
Peter Berling	...	Grappa
Gunnar Warner
Daniel Beretta	...	Al Niko
Calisto Calisti	...	Maresciallo Fantuzzi
Steffen Zacharias	...	Joe Lacour
Michel Bardinet
Sal Borgese	...	Suicidal Prisoner

Also Known As:

Blood in the Streets (USA)
Die perfekte Erpressung (West Germany)
In the Name of Love (USA)
La poursuite implacable (France)

Runtime:

USA:111 min

Country:

Italy | France | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (1977) | USA:R

Company:

Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

Trivia:

Fabio Testi claims that he did nearly all the stunts in the movie himself, including a difficult roof jumping stunt in Milan that the stuntman was unable to do.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Soundtrack:

Un ami

Italian Action from the 70s- lovin' it

If you are a fan of Sergio Sollima then I don't have to tell you that you will enjoy this film. I am so glad that I have discovered Italian action films from the 1960s and 1970s. I only wish that I could see some of these films on the big screen. There is something special about these films.

Revolver takes the viewer on a sort of chase. There is elements of mystery and action, but during the course of the film the relationship between the two

characters, played by Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi, evolves in a way that brings in drama into the story. Like Sollima's other films, there is fast paced action, violence, and a little bit of sex.

There is a gray area between who is good and bad, and that is something

Sollima has stated in interviews. In fact he has said that he has always been a fan of bad guys because sometimes the good guys mess things up more in the

end then the bad guys. He shows that in Revolver.