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Director
  
Duration
  

Music director
  
Language
  
5.6/10
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Genre
  
Action, Crime, Thriller

Running time
  
1h 33m

Country
  
Italy

Fearless (1978 film) movie poster

Release date
  
1978 (1978)

Writer
  
Screenplay
  
Stelvio Massi, Franz Antel, Gino Capone

Cast
  
(Walter 'Wally' Spada), (Brigitte), (Dr. Zimmer), (Strauss),
Annarita Grapputo
(Annalise von Straben), (von Straben)

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Poliziotto senza paura (internationally titled Fearless, Fearless Fuzz, Magnum Cop and Fatal Charm) is a 1978 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi. The film is set in Vienna.

Fearless (1978 film) movie scenes

Maurizio Merli stars in this crime drama from the late seventies. He had made several international movies including some in Hollywood and Pinewood Studios but was best remembered for starring in these types of Films. In an interview from 1979 he stated that working with Joan Collins was great fun and that not only was she very professional and easy to work with but that his favorite drink was Chinzano, especially poignant because Joan and Leonard Rossiter would star in a long running series of commercials for that brand of spiced Italian wines.

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At the time the Film was made, Joan Collins career was experiencing something of a resurgence. In conjunction with " The Stud", the somewhat artistically challenged " Empire of the Ants" and the second adaptation of her sisters Novel "The Bitch", Joan Collins found herself in a second chance at fame, including Cannes Film Premieres and associated promotions for these Films.

It is said that having seen her performances in several of these pictures and additionally casting her in his hit television show, Fantasy Island, as Cleopatra, Aaron Spelling choose her to play Alexis Carrington in his flailing Oil Soap Dynasty to lift its ratings.

Despite doing the occasional film in Italy and various made-for-TV movies, the exposure was enough to essentially relaunch Joan as a viable Star and lead to many other career opportunities. While some dismiss these movies as schlock, often Joan's performance in them lifts the material from mundane to eminatley viewable, if only to see her age-defying Beauty.

Fatal Charm is one such movie where the sum of its parts is exceeded by the end result. Not Academy award winning material but adequate to pass a Sunday afternoon enjoyably.

Cast

  • Maurizio Merli: Waler Spada
  • Joan Collins: Brigitte
  • Gastone Moschin: Karl
  • Werner Pochath: Strauss
  • Annarita Grapputo: Annalise von Straben
  • Alexander Trojan: Von Straben
  • Jasmine Maimone: Renata
  • Massimo Vanni: Benito
  • Luciana Turina: Adele
  • Franco Ressel: Dr. Zimmer
  • Andrea Scotti: maresciallo
  • References

    Fearless (1978 film) Wikipedia
    Fearless (1978 film) IMDb Fearless (1978 film) themoviedb.org