In a crowded hotel in the center of Milan a bomb has been planted. The time device on its detonator has only minutes to run. A young detective discovers the bomb by accident and is drawn into a terrifying nightmare of intrigue, brutality and ruthless killing. This is a world where human life is sold or sacrificed for twisted ideals. A world of international terrorism. The time is now.
Cinematography
Milan's streets shot like a fever dream of concrete and neon
Score
Stelvio Cipriani's funk-jazz that screams 1975
Direction
Ercoli's ruthless efficiency—no shot wasted
Director
Luciano Ercoli
Claudio Cassinelli
Commissioner Matteo Rolandi
Arthur Kennedy
Armando Di Federico
Franco Fabrizi
Luigi Balsamo
Sara Sperati
Papaya Girotti
Bruno Zanin
Franco Ludovisi
Francesco D'Adda
Bondi
Paolo Poiret
Rocco Altieri
Valeria D'Obici
Falena
Elio Jotta
Minister (as Adelio Jotta)
Enzo Fisichella
Colonel Francalancia
Walter Valdi
Minister Assistant
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Hitman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Poliziottesco exploded after 1969's Piazza Fontana bombing, feeding Italian anxieties about state terrorism and neo-fascism.
Claudio Cassinelli died in a helicopter crash in 1985 while filming a miniseries—his intensity here feels eerily prescient.
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