Fed up with the murderous shenanigans of Valli’s protection racket, police chief Grifi assembles an ace team of stunt trained police officers to tackle the mob!
Stunts
Real cops doing real jumps because insurance didn't exist in 70s Italy.
Direction
Paolella squeezes maximum carnage from minimum lire.
Director
Domenico Paolella
Marcel Bozzuffi
Police Commissioner Grifi
Riccardo Salvino
Agent Brogi
Claudia Giannotti
Anna
Francesco Ferracini
Platania
Andrea Aureli
Giovanni
Nello Pazzafini
"Tunisian"
Pasquale Basile
Police Commissioner Marchetti
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Valli
Renato Basso Bondini
Brigadier
Vincenzo Maggio
Agent Gianni
Sergio Mioni
Gaspar
Ivana Novak
Policewoman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Poliziotteschi films exploded in 70s Italy as a response to real Red Brigade violence and public distrust of corrupt institutions. They let audiences cheer for cops who broke rules because the system was broken.
Marcel Bozzuffi, playing Grifi, was already famous from The French Connection. He reportedly did many stunts himself, partly because the production couldn't afford proper doubles for the entire squad.
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