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Director:
Fernando Di Leo
Writers:
Peter Berling (screenplay)
Fernando Di Leo (screenplay)
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Release Date:
September 1977 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Crime | Thriller See more »
Tagline:
Revenge................................................................Italian Style!!!!!!!
Plot:
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Fernando Di Leo: The Italian Crime Collection DVD Review
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Cast

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Jack Palance ... 'Scarface' Manzari
Al Cliver ... Rick
Harry Baer ... Tony
Gisela Hahn ... Clara
Enzo Pulcrano ... Peppi
Roberto Reale ... Luca
Edmund Purdom ... Luigi Cherico
Vittorio Caprioli ... Vinchenzo Napoli
Rosario Borelli ... Office Manager
Pietro Ceccarelli ... Luigi's Bagman
Salvatore Billa ... Luigi's Bagman
Peter Berling ... Valentino
Raul Lovecchio ... Scarface Goon (as Raul Lo Vecchio)
Giulio Baraghini ... Scarface Goon
Enrico Palombini ... Captain Beri (Actor)
Spartaco Battisti ... Sergeant (Actor)
Fernando Cerulli ... Scarface Goon
Luciano Bottin ... Rick as a boy
Michele Branca ... Franco
Agostino Crisafulli ... Al
Bruno Di Luia ... Luigi's Bagman
Gilberto Galimberti ... Scarface Goon
Nello Pazzafini ... Dominic (as Giovanni Pazzafini)
Marco Stefanelli ... Maguel
Sandro La Barbera ... Mario
Franco Beltramme ... Trevanti
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fulvio Mingozzi ... Rick's Father (uncredited)
Mario Novelli ... The Whipman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Fernando Di Leo 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Peter Berling  screenplay
Fernando Di Leo  screenplay
Fernando Di Leo  story

Produced by
Armando Novelli .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Luis Bacalov 
 
Cinematography by
Erico Menczer 
 
Film Editing by
Amedeo Giomini 
 
Art Direction by
Francesco Cuppini 
 
Makeup Department
Lidia Puglia .... hair stylist
Cristina Rocca .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Pietro Ceccarelli .... production manager (as Lanfranco Ceccarelli)
Renato Fiè .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
D. Schneider .... second assistant director
Angelo Vicari .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Sandro Bellomia .... assistant set designer
J. Jovine .... assistant set decorator
Cristiano Tessari .... assistant set designer
 
Sound Department
Roberto Alberghini .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Brega .... camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giulia Mafai .... wardrobe
Mirella Novelli .... wardrobe assistant
 
Editorial Department
Tomasso Gramigna .... assistant editor (as Tommaso Gramigna)
 
Music Department
Silvano Spadaccino .... composer: song "T'amo lo Stesso"
 
Other crew
S. Abenroth .... production assistant
Piero Ballirano .... production assistant
Armando Novelli .... presenter
Silvia Petroni .... script supervisor
Tonino Pinto .... unit publicist
Vincenzo Samà .... cashier
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"I padroni della città" - Italy (original title)
"Mr. Scarface" - USA
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Runtime:
USA:85 min | West Germany:88 min
Country:
Italy | West Germany
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:R | Australia:M | West Germany:18
Company:
Cineproduzioni Daunia 70See more »

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Mister Palance!, 3 March 2002
Author: Son of Cathode from New England

Powerful and excessively violent riff on THE GODFATHER. This colorful and strangely romantic film takes place in a gritty real-life Italian ghetto, a drab and terror-filled place full of poor folks in shacks, tiny red Fiats, silk-shirted dudes and sexy chicks in miniskirts. Jack Palance, his face looking truly demented, smirks and smokes endlessly from a cigarette holder, doing his damndest to look like a mob kingpin, but coming across more like a visiting tourist. Our two pretty boys run around Rome in their goofy little red Puma GT dune buggy, karate-kicking all the bad guys without getting their hair mussed, and sleeping with the local tramps. (Intentional) comic relief is provided by the hilarious Vittorio Capriol, who plays Napoli, a retired mobster who likes to wise-crack and sleep alot. Lots of fighting, and a cool, bloody climax in an abandoned slaughterhouse. Cool, downbeat jazz score by Luis Enriquez Bacalov.

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