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Autostop rosso sangue (1977)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1977
Running Times: 82m (Canada)/98m (UK)/104m
Length: 2888 metres
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Format:
Colour Format: Eastmancolor/Telecolor
Ratio:
Sound:
DIRECTION
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile
CREW
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Explorer Film International/Medusa Distribuzione
Producers: Bruno Turchetto, Mario Montanari
Production Manager: Diego Alchimede
SCRIPT
Script: Ottavio Jemma, Aldo Crudo, Pasquale Festa Campanile
Screen Treatment: Aldo Crudo
Novel: The Violence and the Fury by Peter Kane
DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Neri Parenti
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Franco di Giacomo, Giuseppe Ruzzolini
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Antonio Siciliano
Assistant Editor: Giancarlo Morelli
MUSIC
Music: Ennio Morricone
SOUND
Sound: Pietro Ortolani
English Dub: C.D.S for Cinitalia
Dubbing Editor: Nick Alexander
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Raul Ranieri
Costume Designer: Giantito Burchiellaro
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Giantito Burchiellaro
Sets: Claudio Battistelli
OTHER CREW
Caravans: Dethleffs
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Sergio Mioni
CAST
Franco Nero (Walter
Mancini)
Corinne Clery (Eve Mancini)
David A. Hess (Adam Konitz)
John Loffredo (real name: Joshua Sinclair) (Hawk)
Carlo Puri (other accomplice)
Pedro Sanchez (real name: Ignazio Spalla) (bar owner)
Leon Lenor
Mónica Zanchi (girl at camp site)
Benito Pacifico
Angelo Ragusa
Luigi Birri
Robert Sommer
Ann Ferguson
Fausto di Bella
PLOT SUMMARY
Walter and Eve Mancini are on a touring holiday in the States. The
relationship is frought with difficulties and seems to be based purely
on mutual loathing and violent sex. As the radio warns of a violent,
armed bank-robber on the loose, the couple pick up Adam Coney, whose
car has apparently broken down. When Adam makes a crude and unsavoury
pass at Eve, a fight ensues, during which Adam pulls a gun, initiating
a series of violent events that will inevitably lead to violence and
murder.
AVAILABILITY
Greece
Video Distributor: Video Alsen
UK
Video Distributors: Renown Video/Viz Movies; VTC; Derann; Vidage
USA
Video Distributor: Threat Theatre
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (DV12025)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: 18
TIMELINE
1977
February
19: Italy – passed by the censors board
23: Italy – theatrical release
November
25: West Germany – theatrical release
2002
July
21: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV12025))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Autostop Alucinante
Death Drive - UK title
Cínico y la casada, El – Spanish title
Hitch Hike - UK video title
Hitchhike: Last House on the Left - US video title
Proi de l'autostop, El - French video title
Never Give a Lift to a Stranger
Wenn Du krepierst, lebe ich! - German title
REFERENCES
PERIODICALS
Delirium no.2 (UK)
credits, review
L'Ecran Fantastique no.31 p.68 (France)
review
Is It Uncut? no.6 pp.24?25 (UK)
illustrated review
Video Watchdog no.12 p.6
review
BOOKS
Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II
p.446
credits
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
bank robbers, cars, criminals, hitch-hikers, road
movie
Last Updated:
3 January, 2010
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