A Special Magnum for Tony Saitta (1976)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Alberto De Martino

Writers:

Vincenzo Mannino (screenplay) and
Gianfranco Clerici (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 June 1976 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Walk with her if you dare...for every step will bring you closer, closer, closer to the meaning of fear!

Plot:

An Ottawa police captain searches for the person who poisoned his sister, who was attending the university in Montreal...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Police | Sister | Candle Stick | Magnum44

Cast

Stuart Whitman	...	Captain Tony Saitta
John Saxon	...	Sergeant Ned Matthews
Martin Landau	...	Dr. George Tracer
Tisa Farrow	...	Julie Foster
Carole Laure	...	Louise Saitta
Jean LeClerc	...	Robert Tracer (as Jean Leclerc)
Gayle Hunnicutt	...	Margie Cohn
Jean Marchand
Anthony Forrest		(as Antony Forest)
Andrée St-Laurent		(as Andree St. Laurent)
Peter MacNeill		(as Peter Mac Neil)
Julie Wildman
James Tapp
Jérôme Tiberghien		(as Jerome Thibergien)
Terence G. Ross		(as Terence Ross)

Also Known As:

.44 Special
Blazing Magnum (Philippines: English title)
Blazing Magnums
Shadows in an Empty Room
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
The 44 Specialist (Philippines: English title)
Tough Tony Saitta (Europe: English title)
Una magnum Special per Tony Saitta (Italy)

Runtime:

Canada:100 min | USA:99 min | France:100 min | West Germany:88 min

Country:

Italy | Canada | Panama

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Cinévision, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Fida Cinematografica

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The driver of a car passing by can be seen watching filming as cop walks into sex shop.

Give me one more chase please!!!!!

There are 2 respected movies in the euro police movies that always shine above all the other great ones, the first one is in Fernando De Leo "La Mala Ordina", Part of his Milan trilogy films, with his extreme and fast paced chase that never let go and just keeps on going till the last brutal finish. The second one is blazing magnum's, which can be a very good lesson to all the action directors out there planing to do a one good chase sequence. There are 2 chases here, one in the beginning which is short but very efficient , and the second at the end, which you must see to believe, it got everything in it and more. I do urge you, the fans of this type of cinema to grab Blazing Magnumes if only for the chases that prove that you can do a bad acting movie with a simple thriller script, that still got some hard hitting sequences that shine overall. I can't finish without mentioning that the music is also a masterpiece in itself and it is always there at the right moment. If only Dark Sky/NoShame/Blue Underground or any other respected label will do us a favor and release a collector edition DVD, that would be fantastic!