Da Corleone a Brooklyn (1979)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Umberto Lenzi (screenplay)
Umberto Lenzi (story)
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Release Date:

13 April 1979 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

New York | Mafia | Place Name In Title | Poliziottesco | Organized Crime

Cast

Maurizio Merli	...	Commissario Giorgio Berni
Mario Merola	...	Michele Barresi
Van Johnson	...	Lieutenant Sturges
Biagio Pelligra	...	Salvatore Scalia
Venantino Venantini	...	Commissario Danova
Nando Marineo	...	Lo Cascio
Salvatore Billa	...	Giuseppe Caruso
Sonia Viviani	...	Liana Scalia
Laura Belli	...	Paola
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Massimo Sarchielli	...	Esposito
Nick Alexander	...	Salvatore Scalia (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Tony Askin	...	Man on Train (uncredited)
Luca Barbareschi	...	Brooklyn Cop (uncredited)
Joseph Bergmann	...	Policeman in Brooklyn (uncredited)
Ugo Bologna	...	Hitman (uncredited)
Giovanni Cianfriglia	...	Bogus Ambulanceman (uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	...	Thug (uncredited)
Bruno Di Luia	...	Companion of Peppino (uncredited)
Tom Felleghy	...	Police Official (uncredited)
John Gayford	...	Hotel Manager (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Frank Gio	...	Mafioso in Restaurant (uncredited)
Maurizio Gueli	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Mickey Knox	...	Barresi's Attorney (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Rocco Lerro	...	Thug (uncredited)
Edward Mannix	...	Michele Barresi (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Fulvio Mingozzi	...	Motel Manager (uncredited)
Riccardo Petrazzi	...	Van Driver (uncredited)
Bruno Rosa	...	Police Official (uncredited)
Ted Rusoff	...	Lt. Danova (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Robert Spafford	...	Don Vito (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Susan Spafford	...	Paola (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Sergio Testori	...	Thug (uncredited)
Piero Tiberi	...	Man at Petrol Distributor (uncredited)
Frank von Kuegelgen	...	Lt. Berni (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Umberto Lenzi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Umberto Lenzi		screenplay
Umberto Lenzi		story
Anselmo Manciori		writer
Vincenzo Mannino		writer

Produced by
Sandro Infascelli	....	producer

Original Music by
Franco Micalizzi

Cinematography by
Guglielmo Mancori

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso

Production Design by
Giuseppe Bassan

Costume Design by
Carlo Gentili

Makeup Department
Lidia Puglia	....	hair stylist
Dante Trani	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bruno Bagella	....	production manager
Lucio Orlandini	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stefano Rolla	....	assistant director

Art Department
Daune Bassan	....	assistant production designer

Sound Department
Roberto Alberghini	....	sound
Nick Alexander	....	dubbing editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessio Gelsini Torresi	....	assistant camera (as Alessio Gelsini)
Mario Sbrenna	....	camera operator
Franco Vitale	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Silvana Di Legge	....	assistant editor
Giuseppe Romano	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Eliana Cipri	....	production secretary
Maria Luisa Merci	....	script supervisor
Roberto Ornaro	....	accountant

Production Companies

• Primex

Distributors

• Starlight (2006) (Italy) (all media) (worldwide)
• Taipan Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH

Also Known As:

From Corleone to Brooklyn (USA) (video title)
The Sicilian Boss

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Primex

above-average 70s Italian crime film, partially shot in New York, with Maurizio Merli and Van Johnson

FROM CORLEONE TO BROOKLYN is an exciting late 70s Italian crime film starring the dynamic and handsome Maurizio Merli as an Italian cop who is trying to find a killer who is mob-connected and who eventually has to bring a witness to the United States to testify against the suspect in order for the suspect to be extradited back to Italy. Written and directed by Umberto Lenzi, who directed any number of excellent police films in the 70s (and four great vehicles for Carroll Baker in the late 60s/early 70s), the film moves at a brisk pace and because Mafia killers are after Merli and his witness, the viewer never knows when they will next be attacked or by what method. The pulsating, police-funk score gives this the classic "sound" of a 70s euro-crime film, and the fatalistic ending is something one would rarely see in an American film. Van Johnson, as the New York police lieutenant who works with Merli, does a fine job of barking orders at underlings and projects a genuine concern for Merli's task and situation. I'm still not sure if Mr. Johnson did his own dubbing on this film, but had a cold and was not well-recorded, or whether someone was doing a Van Johnson imitation--after all, Johnson is an EASY to identify actor with distinctive phrasing and accent. A mimic could listen to the soundtrack of one of his films and do a decent impression. In any event, this would rank among the top third of 70s Italian crime films that I have seen. Also, much of the location shooting is in New York and is shot when there is snow on the ground, so the atmosphere is important in the film Recommended to fans of this genre of film, FROM CORLEONE TO BROOKLYN is an example from the "golden age" of Euro-crime films.