Street People (film)

Street People
Street People
Directed by	Maurizio Lucidi
Screenplay by	Ernest Tidyman; Randal Kleiser; Gianfranco Bucceri; Roberto Leoni; Nicola Badalucco; Maurizio Lucidi;
Story by	Gianfranco Bucceri; Roberto Leoni;
Produced by	Manolo Bolognini; Luigi Borghese;
Starring	Roger Moore; Stacy Keach; Ivo Garrani; Fausto Tozzi;
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin
Edited by	Renzo Lucidi
Music by	Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Production; company	Aetos Produzioni
Distributed by	Agora Cinematografica
Release date	30 March 1976 (Italy);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤458,098 million

Street People (Italian: Gli esecutori, also known as The Executors and The Sicilian Cross) is an Italian crime-action film directed in 1976 by Maurizio Lucidi.^[2] It was written, among others, by the French Connection 's screenwriter, Ernest Tidyman.^[3] It was released in United States by American International Pictures.^[4]

Plot

An Anglo-Sicilian hit man and his driver must find out who put a shipment of heroin in a cross sent from Sicily to San Francisco.

Cast

Roger Moore as Ulysses
Stacy Keach as Charlie Hanson
Ivo Garrani as Salvatore Francesco
Fausto Tozzi as Nicoletta
Ennio Balbo as Continenza
Loretta Persichetti as Hannah
Peter Martell as Pano
Luigi Casellato as Pete
Ettore Manni as Bishop Lopetri
Rosemarie Lindt as Salvatore's girlfriend

Production

Street People was filmed at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in San Francisco and Agrigento.^[1]^[5]

Release

Street People was released theatrically in Italy on 30 March 1976 where it was distributed by Agora Cinematografica.^[1]^[5] It grossed a total of 458,098,620 Italian lire on its theatrical release.^[5]

Reception

The Evening Independent's film critic Jim Moorehead wrote: "The problem [of the film] is that the story line makes very little sense. Same is true with the editing. Ditto the dialog".^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Curti 2013, p. 197.
^ "Street People' Set For Release". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 31, 1976. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Jim Moorhead (December 7, 1976). "Street People' A Pizza Pap". The Evening Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
^ "Crime film due". The Sun. July 25, 1976. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Curti 2013, p. 198.

References

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

External links

Street People at IMDb
Street People at Rotten Tomatoes

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013197-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Curti 2013, p. 197.

[2] "Street People' Set For Release". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 31, 1976. Retrieved 31 January 2012.

[ndcd-3] Jim Moorhead (December 7, 1976). "Street People' A Pizza Pap". The Evening Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2012.

[4] "Crime film due". The Sun. July 25, 1976. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013198-5] Curti 2013, p. 198.

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