Emergency Squad ( Squadra volante )

Emergency Squad (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Squadra volante
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Stelvio Massi

Written By:
Franco Barberi
Adriano Bolzoni

Actors:
Tomas Milian ..... Ispettore Tomas Ravelli
Gastone Moschin ..... Marsigliese
Ray Lovelock ..... Rino Micheli - aka il Filosofo
Mario Carotenuto ..... Brigadiere Lavagni
Stefania Casini ..... Marta Hayworth
Guido Leontini ..... Mario Berlotti - aka Cranio
Ilaria Guerrini ..... Fede
Giuseppe Castellano ..... Peppe
Marcello Venditti ..... 'Serbia'
Gabriella Cotignoli ..... Leonardi (as Nino Curatola)
Fabrizio Mazzotti ..... (credit only)
Nino D'Errico ..... Commissario Calò
Giorgio Basso
Carla Mancini
Antonio La Raina

Synopsis:

Euro-cult fans expecting a fun action romp might find themselves surprised by Emergency Squad. Despite the exciting-sounding title, this film is a very somber, drama-oriented affair. Director Stelvio Massi includes a few shoot-outs and car chases but otherwise downplays the action in favor of making the film a two-pronged character study. This approach works because he has a pair of strong, subtle performances to lean on from Tomas Milian and Gastone Moschin: Milian broods convincingly as the obsessive, single-minded Ravelli and Moschin manages to be both subtle and intense as icy criminal Marseilles. Their work lends the film a melancholy tone, a feel that is further enhanced by the austere location photography by Sergio Rubini and a sadly melodic score from Stelvio Cipriani. Ultimately, viewers expecting straightforward action might find themselves disappointed by the mood-piece approach of Emergency Squad, but those viewers patient enough to stick with the film will find that is rewarding on its own terms.

A violent holdup in the city in broad daylight leaves a cop dead. Inspettore Tomas Ravelli of Interpol is immediately convinced that the assault was the work of the same criminals responsible for the death of his wife, who was killed in Marseille some years ago... Milian is once again outstanding in his role of the mustached, cigar-smoking tough-guy copper he plays.

A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles (Gastone Moschin) pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli (Tomas Milian), a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 July, 2009.

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