Manhunt in the City
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Director Umberto Lenzi | 6.8/10 IMDb Language Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 8, 1975 (1975-05-08) Writer Umberto Lenzi, Dardano Sacchetti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manhunt in the City (Italian: L'uomo della strada fa giustizia, 'The Average Man Gets Justice') is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It was co-written by Dardano Sacchetti and has a score by Bruno Nicolai.
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Cast
Production
Manhunt in the City was filmed at Elios Film in Rome and on location in Milan. Lenzi originally envisioned Claudio Cassinelli in the role that Silva has.
Style
The film is part of vigilante subgenre. The films script overturns initial assumptions where the engineer Vannucchi get manipulated by a fascist lawyer who heads an army of vigilantes and ends up killing the wrong person. Lenzi stated that he desired to make a film against Enzo G. Castellari's Street Law. The film also has a few elements of the giallo genre, as Silva's hunt for a criminal who wears a bracelet depicting a scorpion.
Release
Manhunt in the City was released in Italy on 8 May 1975 where it was distributed by Titanus. On its theatrical run in Italy, the film grossed 511.5 million Italian lira. According to Lenzi, "censors found it very annoying that in the end the Commissioner, understanding the protagonist's motives that lead to his revenge, lets him go unpunished." The film was issued on DVD in Italy in 2010.
References
Manhunt in the City WikipediaManhunt in the City IMDb Manhunt in the City themoviedb.org