A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
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Gian Maria Volontè | ... | Pietro 'Piero' Cavallero | |
Don Backy | ... | Sante Notarnicola | |
Ray Lovelock | ... | Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez (as Raymond Lovelock) | |
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Ezio Sancrotti | ... | Adriano Rovoletto 'Bartolini' |
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Piero Mazzarella | ... | Piva |
Laura Solari | ... | Tuccio's Mother | |
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María Rosa Sclauzero | ... | Piero's Secretary |
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Ida Meda | ... | Moglie di Piero |
Peter Martell | ... | The Protector | |
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Enzo Fisichella | ... | Policeman |
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Gianni Bortolotto | ... | (as Gianni Bortolotti) |
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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia | ... | (as Ivan Giovanni Scratuglia) |
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Gianni Pulone | ||
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'Bang Bang' Toto Ruta | ... | Club Hitman |
Carla Gravina | ... | Anna |
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Viewers expecting conventional gangster shenanigans may find themselves bewildered by this frenetic, postmodern, documentary-styled study of four bank robbers terrorizing Milan. Graced with wit, wild violence, flashes of pop art sensibility, and wonderful music from Riz Ortolani, Bandits in Milan is a unique experience within the crime genre.
Scene-eating star Gian Maria Volonte puts in a high energy madman performance as the leader of the gang of bandits, grinning and simpering megalomaniacally throughout (and particularly evil-sounding in the German-dubbed version, Die Banditen von Mailand). A young and innocent-looking Ray Lovelock (billed as "Raymond") also appears to good effect, as does low-key Tomas Milian as the ironic police commissioner.
Artful and briskly paced, Bandits in Milan is a lot to absorb (particularly if, like me, you're reading subtitles) and merits multiple viewings. Devotees of art films and action alike are advised to give it at least one shot.