Harlem is a 1943 Italian sports crime film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Massimo Girotti, Amedeo Nazzari and Vivi Gioi.[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. The former world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera appears in a small role. It is also known by the alternative title of Knock Out.
| Harlem | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Willy Ferrero |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date | 24 April 1943 |
Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
It is noted for its anti-Americanism at a time when the two countries were at war. In postwar re-releases, Amedeo's final line was redubbed with a more positive view on life in the United States.[2]
Synopsis edit
Tommaso Rossi, a young Italian goes to America to visit his elder brother Amedeo who has a business in the construction industry. He is discovered as a talented boxer after getting into a fight with a champion in a restaurant and flooring him. However his elder brother's business is wrecked and he is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Forced to fight in order to raise enough money to bail his brother, Tommaso is then told by a dying Amedeo to return to Italy as the American dream holds nothing for Italian American immigrants.
Cast edit
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- Massimo Girotti as Tommaso Rossi
- Amedeo Nazzari as Amedeo Rossi
- Vivi Gioi as Muriel
- Elisa Cegani as La donna del gangster
- Osvaldo Valenti as Chris Sherman
- Erminio Spalla as Franckie Battaglia, l'allenatore
- Enrico Glori as Ben Farrell
- Lodovico Longo: as Charlie Lamb, a black boxer
- Gianni Musy as Il piccolo Tony Rossi
- Enrico Viarisio as Pat
- Luigi Almirante as Barney Palmer
- Greta Gonda as Milena Zvetcovic
- Giuseppe Porelli as Il duca di Solimena
- Mino Doro as Bill Black
- Giovanni Grasso as Guardascione
- Luigi Pavese as Joe Smith
- Guglielmo Sinaz as Sinclair Roswell
- Primo Carnera as Se stesso
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Peter Bondanella & Federico Pacchioni. A History of Italian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
