#Il giustiziere sfida la città

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Il giustiziere sfida la città (1975)

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Syndicate Sadists (1975)

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1975 Il giustiziere sfida la città Also Known As (AKA) Canada (English title) (cut version) Final Payment Spain Desafío a la ciudad Spain (alternative title) La venganza de Rambo France Bracelets de sang Norway One Just Man Norway (video title) Rambo's Hevn Slovenia Rombo proti ugrabiteljem Turkey (video title) (Turkish title) Kanun benim Turkey (Turkish title) Kanun benim USA (dubbed version) Rambo's Revenge USA Syndicate Sadists Europe (English title) One Just Man West Germany (video title) Der Vernichter West Germany Flash Solo Directed by Umberto Lenzi Music by Franco Micalizzi Writing Credits Vincenzo Mannino ... (screenplay) Vincenzo Mannino ... (story) Release Dates Italy 16 August 1975 USA April 1976 Turkey March 1977 West Germany 4 May 1984 Cast (in credits order) Tomas Milian Tomas Milian... Rambo Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten ... Paternò Femi Benussi Femi Benussi ... Flora Silvano Tranquilli Silvano Tranquilli ... Dr. Marco Marsili Ida Galli Ida Galli ... Signora Marsili (as Evelyn Stewart/Ida Galli) Maria Fiore Maria Fiore ... Maria Scalia Mario Piave Mario Piave ... Pino Scalia Luciano Catenacci Luciano Catenacci ... Conti Guido Alberti Guido Alberti ... Owner of Billiard Salon Shirley Corrigan Shirley Corrigan ... Conti's mistress Antonio Casale Antonio Casale ... Philip Duval Rosario Borelli Rosario Borelli ... One of Paterno's men Luciano Pigozzi Luciano Pigozzi ... One of Conti's men Mario Novelli Mario Novelli ... Franco Bruno Di Luia Bruno Di Luia ... One of Conti's men Giuseppe Castellano Giuseppe Castellano ... One of Conti's men Riccardo Petrazzi Riccardo Petrazzi ... Paterno's Thug in Saloon / Rambo's double in motorcycle scenes Tom Felleghy Tom Felleghy ... Commandante Ferrari Duilio Cruciani Duilio Cruciani ... Luigino Scalia Giovanni Di Benedetto Giovanni Di Benedetto ... Police Inspector (as Gianni De Benedetto) Alessandro Cocco Alessandro Cocco ... Giampiero Marsili Adolfo Lastretti Adolfo Lastretti ... Ciccio Paternò Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Mario Castaldi Mario Castaldi ... Man in the gambling room Nick Alexander Nick Alexander ... Philip Duval (voice) (uncredited) Bruno Alias Bruno Alias ... Man in Gambling Room (uncredited) Bruno Bertocci Bruno Bertocci ... Man in Gambling Room (uncredited) Rossana Canghiari Rossana Canghiari ... Woman in Gambling Room (uncredited) Nestore Cavaricci Nestore Cavaricci ... Man at Gambling Room (uncredited) Enrico Chiappafreddo Enrico Chiappafreddo ... Giuseppe (uncredited) Carolyn De Fonseca Carolyn De Fonseca ... Flora (voice) (uncredited) Michael Forest Michael Forest ... Dr. Marco Marsili (voice) (uncredited) Rocco Lerro Rocco Lerro ... Newsman Waiting Outside House (uncredited) Edward Mannix Edward Mannix ... Thug (voice) (uncredited) Francesco Narducci Francesco Narducci ... Journalist (uncredited) Benito Pacifico Benito Pacifico ... Paterno's Thug in Saloon (uncredited) Walter Patriarca Walter Patriarca ... Newsman Waiting Outside House (uncredited) Anna Maria Perego Anna Maria Perego ... Woman in Gambling Room (uncredited) Tony Raccosta Tony Raccosta ... Man at Autodrome (uncredited) Claudio Ruffini Claudio Ruffini ... Conti's Thug Guarding Giampiero (uncredited) Robert Spafford Robert Spafford ... Owner of Billiard Salon (voice) (uncredited) Susan Spafford Susan Spafford ... Signora Marsili (voice) (uncredited) Sergio Testori Sergio Testori ... Conti Thug (uncredited) Frank von Kuegelgen Frank von Kuegelgen ... Paterno's Thug in Saloon (voice) (uncredited) Luciano Zanussi Luciano Zanussi ... Journalist (uncredited) filming locations Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Lombardia, Italy Rozzano, Milan, Lombardia, Italy Cologno Monzese, Milan, Lombardia, Italy Olgiata, Rome, Lazio, Italy Milan, Lombardia, Italy

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Wherein I talk about Umberto Lenzi's Il giustiziere sfida la città (Syndicate Sadists)

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Alas, the world of Italian cinema has lost another great: director Umberto Lenzi, at age 87. What films did he do, you ask? He dipped his fingers into multiple types, including poliziotteschi (Almost Human, Gang War in Milan, Syndicate Sadists) and horror (Cannibal Ferox, Nightmare City, Seven Blood-Stained Orchids). If you haven’t seen any of his movies, check one out today!

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Il giustiziere sfida la città

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Umberto Lenzi (Massa Marittima, 6 agosto 1931 – 19 ottobre 2017)

Ci lascia uno dei più grandi registi italiani, autore di tanti cd. “film di genere” (definizione che per qualcuno serve a sminuirne il talento, per me solo ulteriore attestazione dell’ingegno mostrato).

Amato da Quentin Tarantino e omaggiato in molti horror americani, era anche un anarchico, uno sceneggiatore, uno scrittore e un letterato: nel film “il giustiziere sfida la città” il protagonista (interpretato da un immenso Tomàs Miliàn) si chiama Rambo. Miliàn aveva letto il libro “First blood” di Morrell e aveva proposto quel nome a Lenzi. E così, sette anni prima di Stallone e degli yankees, un “Rambo” fu portato sul grande schermo (e in Italia, ebbe pure lo stesso doppiatore: Ferruccio Amendola) Addio, Maestro. Grazie per il cinema che ci hai regalato e onorato di essere stato ammesso nella cerchia dei tuoi amici virtuali. ps: in foto Tomàs Miliàn, Olga Pehar e Umberto Lenzi durante una pausa della lavorazione del film “Il giustiziere sfida la città”. Olga Pehar e Umberto Lenzi erano sposati. Lei è scomparsa pochi anni fa..

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Il giustiziere sfida la città (1975)            

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Syndicate Sadists (1975)

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1975

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Tomas Milian

Tomas Milian as “Rambo"

In the Italian Cult Movie ... Il giustiziere sfida la città aka Syndicate Sadists aka Bracelets de sang aka Flash Solo aka One Just Man aka Sadistų sindikatas

1975 poliziotteschi film

Data di uscita: 16 agosto 1975 (Italia)

Regista: Umberto Lenzi

Music by Franco Micalizzi

Distribuzione in italiano: Medusa Film

Syndicate Sadists was released in Italy on August 16, 1975 where it was distributed by Medusa.

It grossed 1,451,703,190 Italian lire.

Film historian Roberto Curti described it as a "huge hit in Italy".

Syndicate Sadists was released in the United States by Sam Sherman's Independent International. It was released in the United States titles “Rambo's Revenge” and on home video as “Final Payment”. It has been released as “One Just Man” in the United Kingdom.

The unrated American DVD of the film is missing two minutes of footage: a scene where the mother of the kidnapped boy comes home and Paterno's henchmen searching for Rambo in a pub, and two reaction shots.

The film predates Ted Kotcheff's First Blood, the film which introduced audiences to the John Rambo of David Morrell by seven years. Tomas Milian happened to read David Morrell's novel while flying from the U.S. to Rome. Loving the story he tried to talk some Italian producers into making a film out of it, with him starring as John Rambo. Nothing came of this, but he was allowed to use the Rambo moniker in the next poliziottesco he starred in.

The film does not borrow elements from the novel, with Lenzi stating he was more influenced by Don Siegel's crime films.

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"il giustiziere sfida la città" (Umberto Lenzi)

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RIP Tomas Milian (3.3.1933 - 22.3.2017).

An absolute giant of Italian cinema, who turned his hand to every genre but brought an intensity and passion to every project he was involved in. I think I first saw him in Milan Odia: La Polizia Non Può Sparare (Almost Human, 1974) as the jittery, trigger-happy psycopath to Henry Silva’s cop. If you’ve seen the film, its an unforgettable performance - Milian makes himself a monster by degrees, crossing the line further and further but grinning maniacally through it all. Its as much a physical performance as anything; the handsome Milian twists himself into the role, leering and giggling as he drinks, takes drugs, kills. Notably his character is also bisexual - Milian was openly bisexual in real life and had affairs with men and women before marrying actor Margherita Valetti in 1964 (they were married until her death in 2012).

On the other side of the law, Milian played cop turned vigilante Rambo in Il Giustiziere Sfida La Città (Syndicate Sadists, 1975); the actor had picked up a copy of David Morrell’s First Blood in an airport and, taken with the character of Rambo, attempted to get a film adaptation made. It wasn’t to be, but he incorperated aspects of the character (and the name) into Syndicate Sadists.

Elsewhere he was a cool mafioso in Il Cinico, L'infame, Il Violento (The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist, 1977) and cut his giallo teeth on Lucio Fulci’s Non Si Sevizia Un Paperino (Don’t Torture A Duckling, 1972). This followed notable early work - including his turn as Raphael in Carol Reed’s The Agony And The Ecstasy, 1965 - before he settled into supporting roles in Hollywood (Stone’s JFK, Spielberg’s Amistad etc).

Needless to say there were countless others - spaghetti westerns, comedies, the incredible La Luna (1979). Hugely popular in Italy, at least in part because of his insistence on writing his own lines in Roman slang (an effect sadly lost on international audiences, where he was invariably dubbed), Milian made the transition from cult figure to fully fledged genre star. Easily one of the most important actors in Italian cinema, he leaves a legacy of unique and intense performances and a legion of fans across the world. Milian is survived by his son, Tomaso Milian Jr.

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