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Cani arrabbiati (1974)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1973
Running Times: 96 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Loyola Films
Executive Producers (Restored Version): David E. Allen, Harmon Kaslow
Producers: Alfredo Leone, Lamberto Bava, Roberto Loyola
Production Manager: Lucio Orlandini
Unit Production Manager: Ugo Valenti

SCRIPT
Script: Alessandro Parenzo, Cesare Frugoni
Novel: Ellery Queen

DIRECTION
Director: Mario Bava
New Scenes Director: Lamberto Bava
Assistant Directors: Roy Bava (real name: Fabrizio Bava), Lamberto Bava
2nd Assistant Director: Maria Carriba

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Mario Bava, Emilio Varriano
Chief Camera Operator: Franco Tocci
Prologue Camera Operator: Jurgen Haller
Assistant Camera: Gianni Modica, Giuseppe Alberti
Chief Electrician: Toto Rinaldi
1st Assistant Electrician: Massimo Rinaldi
2nd Assistant Electrician: Flaminio Tabarrini
Best Boys: Flaminio Tabarrini, Massimo Rinaldi
Key Grip: Franco Tocci
Grips: Cosimo Barbera, Quinto Proietti, Vittorio Monterosso
Stills: Giuliana De Rossi

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Carlo Reali
Additional Editor: Angelo Marzullo
Post Production: Lea Krueger (real name: Lea Lander)

MUSIC
Music: Stelvio Cipriani

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Roberto Alberghini, Mario Bramonti
Boom Operator: Giuseppe Muratori
Dubbing Director: Renato Cecchetto
Dubbing Facilities: Floriàn Cinetivu, Bologna

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Vittorio Biseo, Angelo Roncaioli
Hair: Marisa Marconi
Wardrobe: Wayne Finkelman, Maura Zuccherofini
Gowns: Ferroni

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Sergio Chiusi

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Ivan Cerio

OTHER CREW
Continuity: Antonella Ballasio, Nando Nibbi, Vanda Tuzzi
English Language Version Script Girl: Dawne Allstrom
Production Accountant: Carlo Fabris
1st Production Secretary: Cesare Caramandi
2nd Production Secretary: Naldo Nibbi
Administrator: Carlo Farris
Permits: Franco Panzo
Transport: Romana Transporti

CAST
Riccardo Cucciolla (Riccardo)
Lea Lander (Maria)
Maurice Poli (Dottore)
Luigi Montefiore (Trentadue)
Aldo Caponi (Bisturi)
Erika Dario (hitchhiker)
Maria Fabbri (Maria)
Luigi Guerra (employee)
Francesco Ferrini (gas station attendant)
Emilio Bonucci (taxi driver)
Pino Manzari (toll collector)
Ettore Manni (bank president)
Mario Bava (extra (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

A gang of thieves hijack a car after their latest heist goes horribly wrong. They take the driver and a woman hostage and try to flee the police - but the man has a sick child with him and is hiding a terrible secret...

AVAILABILITY

Germany
DVD Distributors: Lucertola Media (LMDVD 001)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Canada
Rating: 16+ (Quebec)

West Germany
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1973
August
20: Italy - filming begins

September
12: Italy - filming ends

1998
February

25: USA - theatrical release

1999
February

24: Germany - DVD release (Lucertola Media (LMDVD 001))

2002
May

31: USA - restored version theatrical release

2004
June

18: Italy - television release

September
Day Unknown: Italy - shown at the Venice Film Festival

POSTER TAGS

Lock the doors, rollup the windows, and buckle up ... for the ride of your life!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Les chiens enrages - French television title
Kidnapped - restored version title
Rabid Dogs
Semaforo rosso
- alternative title
L'uomo e il bambino - working title
Wild Dogs

KEYWORDS

criminals, gas stations, kidnapping, rape, robberies, stabbings, twist endings

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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