Revolver (1973 film)

Revolver
Revolver
	Italian film poster
Directed by	Sergio Sollima
Screenplay by	Arduino Maiuri; Massimo De Rita; Sergio Sollima;
Story by	Arduino Maiuri; Massimo De Rita; Sergio Sollima;
Produced by	Ugo Santalucia
Starring	Oliver Reed; Fabio Testi; Agostina Belli; Paola Pitagora; Frédéric de Pasquale; Marc Mazza; Bernard Giraudeau; Daniel Beretta;
Cinematography	Aldo Scavarda
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; companies	Mega Film; Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie; Dieter Gessler Film Produktion;
Distributed by	Panta
Release date	September 27, 1973 (Italy);
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Italy; West Germany; France;
Box office	₤477.374 million

Revolver (also titled Blood in the Streets and In the Name of Love) is a 1973 poliziottesco film directed by Sergio Sollima. It stars Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi. The film's theme, "Un Amico", was scored by Ennio Morricone and was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds.

Plot edit

An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues do not kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.

Cast edit

Oliver Reed as Vito Cipriani
Fabio Testi as Milo Ruiz
Agostina Belli as Anna Cipriani
Paola Pitagora as Carlotta
Daniel Beretta as Al Niko
Frédéric de Pasquale as Michel Granier
Marc Mazza as Bald Police Inspector
Reinhard Kolldehoff as French Lawyer
Bernard Giraudeau as Sicilian Kidnapper
Peter Berling as Grappa
Alexander Stephan (as Gunnar Warner) as Jean-Daniel Auger
Calisto Calisti as Maresciallo Fantuzzi
Steffen Zacharias as Joe Le Corse
Michel Bardinet as French Policeman
Salvatore Borghese as Suicidal Prisoner
Giovanni Pallavicino as Sicilian Kidnapper
Marco Mariani as Carlo DeGregori
Jean Degrave as Harmakolas
Franco Moraldi as French Police Chief
Ottavio Fanfani as Shopkeeper
Gianni Bortolotto as Doctor

Production edit

Paola Pitagora recalls how Oliver Reed always turned up drunk on set (something confirmed by director Sollima) and as a result there were often difficulties during filming - including an incident in which Reed 'under the influence' crashed a VW bus into a post and Paola Pitagora, who hit her face inside the vehicle, had to wear big sunshades for the rest of the filming to cover up her bruised eyes.^[2]

Release edit

Revolver was released in Italy on September 27, 1973 where it was distributed theatrically by Panta.^[1] The film grossed 477,374,000 Italian lire in Italy.^[1]