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Rabid Dogs

Original title: Cani arrabbiati
  • 19741974
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 36m
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7.4/10
4.9K
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Rabid Dogs (1974)
Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.
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Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
4.9K
YOUR RATING
    • Mario Bava
  • Writers
    • Alessandro Parenzo(story and screenplay)
    • Mario Bava(story and screenplay)
    • Cesare Frugoni(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lea Lander
    • George Eastman
    • Riccardo Cucciolla
    • Mario Bava
  • Writers
    • Alessandro Parenzo(story and screenplay)
    • Mario Bava(story and screenplay)
    • Cesare Frugoni(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lea Lander
    • George Eastman
    • Riccardo Cucciolla
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 47User reviews
    • 86Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Marisa Fabbri in Rabid Dogs (1974)
    Gustavo De Nardo in Rabid Dogs (1974)
    Riccardo Cucciolla and Erika Dario in Rabid Dogs (1974)
    Lea Lander in Rabid Dogs (1974)
    George Eastman in Rabid Dogs (1974)
    Lea Lander in Rabid Dogs (1974)
    Don Backy in Rabid Dogs (1974)
    Anna Curti and Lea Lander in Rabid Dogs (1974)

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    Lea Lander
    Lea Lander
    • Maria
    George Eastman
    George Eastman
    • Trentadue
    • (as Luigi Montefiori)
    Riccardo Cucciolla
    Riccardo Cucciolla
    • Riccardo
    Don Backy
    Don Backy
    • Bisturi
    • (as Aldo Caponi)
    Maurice Poli
    Maurice Poli
    • Dottore
    Erika Dario
    • Marisa
    Marisa Fabbri
    Marisa Fabbri
    • Maria Sbravati
    Luigi Antonio Guerra
    • Employee
    • (as Luigi Guerra)
    Gustavo De Nardo
    Gustavo De Nardo
    • Gas Station Attendant
    • (as Francesco Ferrini)
    Emilio Bonucci
    • Taxi Driver
    Pino Manzari
    • Toll Collector
    Ettore Manni
    Ettore Manni
    • Bank President
    Mario Bava
    Mario Bava
    • Crowd extra
    • (uncredited)
    Anna Curti
    Anna Curti
    • Maria's Friend
    • (uncredited)
    Stefano De Sando
    • Captain Diotallevi (version 'Kidnapped')
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Ehringer
    • Woman behind the window (1996 prologue restoration)
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Nina Gueltzow
    • Woman behind the window (1996 prologue restoration)
    • (uncredited)
    Mario Pascucci
    • Paymaster
    • (uncredited)
      • Mario Bava
    • Writers
      • Alessandro Parenzo(story and screenplay)
      • Mario Bava(story and screenplay) (uncredited)
      • Cesare Frugoni(screenplay) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The film was seized by the courts when the producer went bankrupt in 1974, during the final stages of production. Tied up in legal wrangling, it wasn't released theatrically until 1997.
    • Goofs
      When Doc looks up from tinkering with a car's engine in his first scene, the camera crew is reflected in his sunglasses.
    • Alternate versions
      Originally shot in 1974 under the title 'L'uomo e il bambino', this film was shelved when one of the film financial backers died and ownership of the picture became entangled in bankruptcy proceedings before post-production had been completed, which prevented its theatrical release. The film sat on a shelf for almost 25 years until actress Lea Lander rescued it from oblivion by helping finance a DVD release: a new short prologue was shot, according to Bava's original script, and editing and scoring were completed using existing available materials. In 2002 producer Alfredo Leone and director Lamberto Bava (Mario's son), allegedly dissatisfied with the DVD edit, produced a new restored version of the film. Lamberto Bava and his son Roy shot additional footage and original composer Stelvio Cipriani created a new complete musical score (though the DVD release employed some of Cipriani's cues and themes, the film was never properly scored in 1974). This restored version, produced by Kismet Entertainment Group and retitled "Kidnapped", premiered theatrically in the US on May 31, 2002 as part of a Mario Bava retrospective at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theater in Hollywood
    • Connections
      Featured in End of the Road: Making 'Rabid Dogs' & 'Kidnapped' (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Hold On To Me
      (Appears in the 'Kidnapped' version)

      Words by Myriann D'Antine

      Music by Stelvio Cipriani

      Sung by Simona Patitucci

    User reviews47

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    A gritty, realistic masterpiece.
    It is ironic that Mario Bava, master of Italian fantasy, should make a gritty, realistic thriller as his last film. Gone are the atmospheric lighting that made films as Lisa and the Devil and Kill, Baby, Kill! so unforgettable. The claustrophobic scenes in the getaway car are expertly handled. The increasing hysteria of the gangsters and the anxiety and despair of the kidnapped woman are, in true Italian fashion, slightly over the top. It works, though. Bava never loses his grip on the situation and one is kept on tenterhooks throughout. This, then, is classic 70's low budget filmmaking and it is a shame we had to wait for more than 20 years to finally see it. Rabid Dogs is up there with Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour and Ida Lupîno's The Hitch-Hiker as one of the best examples of this exciting subgenre.
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    • libertyvalance
    • Apr 26, 2001

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    • Release date
      • February 25, 1998 (United States)
      • Italy
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Spera Cinematografica
      • International Media Films
      • Kismet Entertainment Group
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Mono

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