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Machine Gun McCain

Original title: Gli intoccabili
  • 19691969
  • GPGP
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.4K
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Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, and Pierluigi Aprà in Machine Gun McCain (1969)
ActionCrimeDrama
A paroled armed robber and his son plan a Las Vegas casino heist without knowing that the casino is bitterly contested by the West Coast and East Coast mobs.A paroled armed robber and his son plan a Las Vegas casino heist without knowing that the casino is bitterly contested by the West Coast and East Coast mobs.A paroled armed robber and his son plan a Las Vegas casino heist without knowing that the casino is bitterly contested by the West Coast and East Coast mobs.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.4K
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  • Director
    • Giuliano Montaldo
  • Writers
    • Mino Roli(story)
    • Ovid Demaris(freely based on the novel "Candyleg" by)
    • Israel Horovitz(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • John Cassavetes
    • Britt Ekland
    • Peter Falk
  • Director
    • Giuliano Montaldo
  • Writers
    • Mino Roli(story)
    • Ovid Demaris(freely based on the novel "Candyleg" by)
    • Israel Horovitz(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • John Cassavetes
    • Britt Ekland
    • Peter Falk
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    John Cassavetes
    John Cassavetes
    • Hank McCain
    Britt Ekland
    Britt Ekland
    • Irene Tucker
    Peter Falk
    Peter Falk
    • Charlie Adamo
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Don Francesco DeMarco
    Pierluigi Aprà
    • Jack McCain
    Luigi Pistilli
    Luigi Pistilli
    • Duke Mazzanga
    Margherita Guzzinati
    • Margaret DeMarco
    Claudio Biava
    • Barclay
    Steffen Zacharias
    • Abe Stilberman
    James Morrison
    • Joby Cuda
    Florinda Bolkan
    Florinda Bolkan
    • Joni Adamo
    Tony Kendall
    Tony Kendall
    • Pete Zacari
    Salvo Randone
    Salvo Randone
    • Don Salvatore
    Gena Rowlands
    Gena Rowlands
    • Rosemary Scott
    Maria Mizar
    • Teacher
    Euplio Moscusu
    Mirella Pamphili
    Mirella Pamphili
    Raffaele Triggia
    • Director
      • Giuliano Montaldo
    • Writers
      • Mino Roli(story) (screenplay)
      • Ovid Demaris(freely based on the novel "Candyleg" by)
      • Israel Horovitz(dialogue)
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The car chase was filmed in two days without permits using rented automobiles from Hertz.
    • Goofs
      When McCain and Irene are driving through downtown Las Vegas, all the closeups of her are played against background shots of hotels and casinos on the Las Vegas strip, miles away.
    • Quotes

      Rosemary Scott: It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive.

    • Connections
      Featured in TCM Underground: Machine Gun McCain/Underworld U.S.A. (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      The Ballad of Hank McCain, Pt. 1
      by Audrey Nohra and Ennio Morricone

      is sung by Jackie Lynton

    User reviews22

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    7/10
    MACHINE GUN McCAIN (Giuliano Montaldo, 1968) ***
    This is a stylish, complex and exciting gangster melodrama (which Leonard Maltin in "Movies & Video Guide" calls "junk" and awards a mere **!) bolstered by an infectious Ennio Morricone score (especially the title ballad). Amazingly, it was shown on Italian TV at the time of the Cannes Film Festival as part of a series of past nominees; unfortunately, however, the print was of the choppy 94-minute U.S. version (bearing the Columbia logo upfront) and panned-and-scanned to boot (making the Techniscope compositions pretty claustrophobic)!! I've been unable to determine the film's original length, but I've seen running-times as long as 119 minutes!

    The film is well-served by a great cast: an intense and fearless John Cassavetes as the title character, a delectable Britt Ekland as a girl he meets and marries on being sprung from jail (who becomes an accomplice in his criminal schemes without batting an eyelid, at least in this version!), Peter Falk as a bad-tempered small-time hood whose ambitions see him clash with his ruthless superiors, Florinda Bolkan as his even more avaricious wife, Gabriele Ferzetti as the crossed Don who goes to teach Falk a lesson (and who seems to be having an affair with Bolkan!), Luigi Pistilli (rather under-used as Falk's right-hand man), Salvo Randone (as the No. 1 Mafia Boss who keeps track of the situation from his New York office), Tony Kendall (as the hit-man dispatched to eliminate both Falk and Cassavetes) and "Special Guest Star" Gena Rowlands (as McCain's tough old flame - together they were a legendary criminal double-act, and the real-life couple demonstrate undeniable chemistry in their one scene together! - who, still having feelings for him, aids in his escape from the Mob and suffers the consequences for her actions). It's an interesting mix of 'styles': the Italians give it authenticity, the women a touch of class and the two male stars (who, regrettably, don't share any screen-time but were eventually re-teamed in a gangland milieu in MIKEY AND NICKY [1976] - which I recently watched - and where they were practically inseparable!) an aura of intelligence. Some sources credit The Doors' frontman Jim Morrison in the role of a lackey, but it certainly didn't seem like him to me!

    The best sequence is the ingenious heist from a Las Vegas casino (indeed, the glitzy and often sleazy locations are a definite asset) and, in the cynical fashion of cinema in the late 60s, the film ends - rather abruptly - with a downbeat 'curtain'. Montaldo didn't make that many films but from the three I've watched - the others being the enjoyable light-hearted caper GRAND SLAM (1967) and the excellent IL GIOCATTOLO (1979), a Death Wish-type drama with a remarkable leading performance from Nino Manfredi - he certainly knew his business.
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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1970 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • At Any Price
    • Filming locations
      • Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio, as De Paolis Incir)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Euroatlantica
      • Euro International Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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