The Last Desperate Hours

The Last Desperate Hours
The Last Desperate Hours
Directed by	Giorgio Stegani
Screenplay by	Giovanni Addessi; Camillo Bazzoni; Franco Barbaresi;
Story by	Giovanni Addessi; Camillo Bazzoni; Franco Barbaresi;
Produced by	Giovanni Addessi
Starring	Antonio Sabàto; ; Silvia Monti; Pier Paolo Capponi;
Cinematography	Aldo De Robertis; Sandro Mancori;
Edited by	Otello Colangeli
Music by	Gianni Marchetti
Production; company	Cristiana Cinematografica
Distributed by	Overseas Film Company
Release date	November 29, 1974;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤560.728 million

The Last Desperate Hours (Italian: Milano: il clan dei calabresi) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco (Italian crime genre) Mafia film directed by Giorgio Stegani.^[2]

Plot

Cast

Antonio Sabàto: Paolo Mancuso
Silvia Monti: Laura Monachesi
Pier Paolo Capponi: Police Commissioner
Nicoletta Rizzi: Lidia Mancuso
Toni Ucci: Ugo Merenda
Peter Carsten: Maraschi

Production

The film was shot on location in Milan and in Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome.^[1]

Release

The Last Desperate Hours was released in Italy on November 29, 1974, where it was distributed by the Overseas Film Company.^[1] It grossed a total of 560.728 million Italian lire on its release.^[1]

Reception

In his book Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980, Roberto Curti noted that "the sociological ambitions end up in excruciating banalities, such as the confrontation between Mancuso and his poor but honest wife (Nicoletta Rizzi)"^[3]

The score by Gianni Marchetti was re-used partially in the films Emanuelle's Revenge by Joe D'Amato and SS Girls by Bruno Mattei.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2013, p. 113.
^ "Gangsters e pestilenza". La Stampa. 12 June 1975. p. 8.
^ ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 114.

References

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links

The Last Desperate Hours at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013113-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2013, p. 113.

[2] "Gangsters e pestilenza". La Stampa. 12 June 1975. p. 8.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013114-3] Curti 2013, p. 114.

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