City Under Siege (1974 film)

City Under Siege (Italian: Un uomo, una città) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Romolo Guerrieri.[2][3][4] The film is loosely based on Il commissario di Torino by Riccardo Marcato and Ugo Novelli.[1]

City Under Siege
Directed byRomolo Guerrieri
Produced byLuigi Rovere
Screenplay by
  • Mino Roli
  • Nico Ducci[1]
Based onIl commissario di Torino
by Riccardo Marcato and Ugo Novelli
StarringEnrico Maria Salerno
Music byCarlo Rustichelli[1]
CinematographyAldo Giordani[1]
Edited byAntonio Siciliano[1]
Production
company
Goriz Film[1]
Distributed byCineriz
Release date
  • 25 October 1974 (1974-10-25) (Italy)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]
Box office₤1.310 billion

Plot

Michele Parrino (Enrico Maria Salerno) is a grouchy, solitary, sickly but legitimate police commissioner in Turin. Parrino, helped by boozer journalist of La Stampa Paolo Ferrero (Luciano Salce) and supported by his wealthy girlfriend Cristina (Françoise Fabian), shall investigate about a murder of a young woman, daughter of a rich man.

Also if his city appear like an historical and industrial center, with a lot of rich family, Parrino's investigations discover another reality: a deceiver city, when the most rich capitalists live in luxury surrounded by vices, and the common people live of illusions. At the end, Parrino succeed to foil a prostitution and narcotics ring, but in the attempt of arrest the bosses (well-known aristocrats and industrialists), Parrino is transferred to the Guardia di Finanza and the Ferrero's article is blocked by his director.

For revenge, Parrino and Ferrero go to Teatro Regio as guests, but with the only goal of taunt the crime lords giving to them compromising sexual photos. Finally, Parrino and Ferrero distance themselves from the theatre to a dark night.

Cast

Production

City Under Siege was filmed at Icet-De Paolis in Milan and on location in Turin.[1] Producer Luigi Rovere gave the director who guaranteed the director the luxury of shooting the film in eleven weeks.[5]

Release

City Under Siege was distributed theatrically by Cineriz in Italy on 25 October 1974.[1] The film grossed a total of 1,309,698,000 Italian lire domestically.[1]

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. Curti 2013, p. 106.
  2. Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006.
  3. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
  4. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  5. Curti 2013, p. 107.

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


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