The Violent Professionals

The Violent Professionals (Italian: Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia) is a 1973 Italian Poliziotteschi gangster film directed by Sergio Martino. The film stars Luc Merenda (Giorgio Caneparo) who goes undercover as a getaway driver for the mob so he can wage a one-man war on crime to avenge the death of father-figure cop Gianni (Silvano Tranquilli).

The Violent Professionals
English-language poster
Directed by	Sergio Martino
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Story by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Produced by	Luciano Martino Carlo Ponti
Starring	Luc Merenda Richard Conte Silvano Tranquilli Carlo Alighiero
Cinematography	Giancarlo Ferrando
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Production companies	Dania Film Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Distributed by	Interfilm
Release date	22 August 1973 (1973-08-22) (Italy)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤1.162 billion

In 2009 Empire named it #9 in a poll of the "20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)".

Cast

• Luc Merenda as Commissioner Giorgio Caneparo
• Richard Conte as Padulo aka Salassolio
• Silvano Tranquilli as Gianni Viviani
• Carlo Alighiero as Commissioner Nicastro
• Martine Brochard as Maria
• Chris Avram as Commissioner Del Buono
• Lia Tanzi as the prostitute
• Antonio Casale as Casardi
• Luciano Rossi as Cruciani

Release

The Violent Professionals was released in Italy on 22 August 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm. It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000 Italian lire.

The film has been released in an English-language friendly DVD by Wild East and as a double feature from Alpha Video with Deadly Drifter.

See also

• List of Italian films of 1973

Footnotes

References

• Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links

• The Violent Professionals at IMDb
• (in Italian) Film locations in Milan