The Rip-Off / Tony: Another Double Game ( La bidonata / Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta ) ( Tony: The Other Side of Violent Turin )

The Rip-Off / Tony: Another Double Game (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La bidonata / Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta
Alternate Title: Tony: The Other Side of Violent Turin
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Mono )

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

Running Time:
204 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1977, 1980 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Luciano Ercoli
Carlo Ausino

Written By:
Ottavio Alessi
Luciano Ercoli
Carlo Ausino
Luciano Vincenzoni

Actors:
Walter Chiari ..... Renato
Maurizio Arena ..... Maurizio
Ettore Manni ..... Ettore
Nieves Navarro ..... Ornella (as Susan Scott)
Marisa Merlini ..... Maria
Alberto Squillante ..... Baby Bronchi
Venantino Venantini ..... The Frenchman
Sergio Renda ..... Attorney
Ugo Bologna ..... Giovanna Bronchi
Franca Valeri ..... Benjamin Bronchi
Vittorio Caprioli ..... Cashier
Gianna Querel
Francesca Pini
Renzo Ozzano
Guido Tasso
Emanuel Cannarsa ..... Tony
Giuseppe Alotta ..... Santini
Paul Teitcheid ..... Salvatore (as Paul Theicheid)
Nicole Flori
Rino Maggio
Tonino Campa
Cinzia Arcuri
Ruggero Spagnoli
Lorenzo Gobello
Armando Rossi
Benedetto Mocellin
Mario Pesare
Elsa
Vincenzo Cavaliere
Nicola Saponaro

Synopsis:

The Rip-off (La Bidonata):
This delightful caper spoof was one of the most pleasant 'Euro-Cult' surprises, especially when considering that it could have been lost to us altogether: it's ironic - not to say chilling - that reality would imitate art so soon afterwards (the plot involves a kidnapping, and the producer was himself the victim of one in real-life, causing the film's release to be unceremoniously cancelled!). Walter Chiari, is wonderful here, in fact, his character (a would-be crook modeling himself on Alain Delon) especially recalls Gassman's stuttering mastermind in Mario Monicelli's classic BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (1958). The rest of the cast is equally well chosen: Maurizio Arena (a chubby song-and-dance man in a run-down variety act), Ettore Manni (a henpecked and alcoholic restaurant owner), Marisa Merlini (Arena's possessive mother), Susan Scott (as a prostitute and Chiari's old flame), Vittorio Caprioli (an irritable wealthy industrialist whose son is the kidnap victim), Franca Valeri (his wife, who strikes a deal with Chiari's gang for half the ransom price!), Venantino Venantini (as the French gangster behind the kidnapping and who has a penchant for S&M games - the most memorable involving his private parts and a suitcase! - which Scott is all-too-happy to oblige). Chiari devises an elaborate scheme to double-cross the kidnappers by following their every move via a number of vehicles (car hidden in moving van, motorcycle stashed in car boot, etc.); the film's comedy quotient (both verbal and visual) is consistent and generally inspired - with perhaps the most hilarious running-gag being the car about to pursue the kidnappers tumbling sideways out of the van onto the pavement. Though suffering from the occasional longueur due to excessive length, the film is buoyed by a most pleasant score from Gianni Ferrio; ultimately, THE RIP-OFF emerged as a more satisfying effort than the gialli for which director Ercoli (whose last film this proved to be) is best known!

Double Game (Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta):
A doctor's wife is slashed in a city park while thugs carry out smash and grab heists and a teenage girl is strangled by a seeming sex maniac. This is a job for 'The Avenger' (George Hilton) - by day a decorated police detective, by night judge, jury and executioner for the scum of Turin. DOUBLE GAME is a fully-loaded thriller in the vein of DEATH WISH and MAGNUM FORCE, depicting a world brimming with enough evil to ruin Dirty Harry's day. Featuring a swank EuroCult score by Stelvio Cipriani. NoShame presents this obscure title from the end of the poliziotteschi cycle for the first time on DVD in the US, uncut and in anamorphic widescreen in a 2 DVD collector's edition along with its rarest-of-the-rare 1980 sequel... for which all original elements no longer exist!

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 28 December, 2009.

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