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1973
La polizia sta a guardare
Directed by Roberto Infascelli
Synopsis
In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a northern industrial town devastated by a recent wave of violence and kidnappings..
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Cast
Enrico Maria Salerno Lee J. Cobb Jean Sorel Luciana Paluzzi Claudio Gora Laura Belli Gianni Bonagura Ezio Sancrotti Ignazio Leone Ennio Balbo Franco Angrisano Tino Bianchi Enrico Osterman Philippe Hersent Giambattista Salerno Sergio Serafini Enzo Consoli Remo De Angelis Luigi Antonio Guerra Gioacchino Maniscalco Franco Moraldi John Bartha Alfonso Giganti Gustavo De Nardo
DirectorDirector
Roberto Infascelli
ProducerProducer
Paolo Infascelli
WritersWriters
Augusto Caminito Roberto Infascelli
StoryStory
Marcello D'Amico
EditorEditor
Roberto Perpignani
CinematographyCinematography
Riccardo Pallottini
Assistant DirectorAsst. Director
Mimmola Girosi
Set DecorationSet Decoration
Mauro Passi
Special EffectsSpecial Effects
Luciano Anzellotti Massimo Anzellotti
ComposerComposer
Stelvio Cipriani
SoundSound
Massimo Anzellotti
Studio
Primex Italiana
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
Alternative Titles
Ransom! Police Is Watching, Le grand kidnapping, Der unerbittliche Vollstrecker, Ransom, 警方在监视, Policie se dívá, Resgate, Полицията наблюдава
Genre
Crime
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16 Nov 1973
Italy
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Review by Ian West ★★★½
Suspenseful politziottechi kidnapping corruption jam boasts a really solid cast, exciting buildup, and a Killer ending that make this a nifty entry that almost crosses over into essential euro crime territory.
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Review by Gentry ★★★½ 3
“Should the police monitor ten million Communists? Or the three million fascists? Or half a million priests?”
Stelvio Cipriani, I love you, but how many times are you going to let these guys recycle your What Have They Done to Your Daughters? theme song?¹ The Great Kidnapping, one of two films directed by Roberto Infascelli before his untimely death, is a ransom focused crime thriller, an early example of the poliziotteschi filone that succeeded the gialllo as Italy’s most popular cinematic export in the late 1970s.
An unnamed town in Northern Italy is beset by bank robberies, kidnappings and prostitute murder. Lee J. Cobb is the tired, outgoing chief of police. Enrico Maria Salerno is his crafty and serious minded…
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Review by Headhunter666 ★★★½
EUROCRIME TIME!
Mailand versinkt im Chaos.
Die Kriminalität steigt imposant und schnell an, die Polizei ist überfordert.
Nun haben einige Kriminelle erkannt, das sich durch Entführungen eine Menge Kohle Kohle machen lässt. Also werden die Sprösslinge von gut angesehenen, erfolgreichen und wichtigen Persönlichkeiten gekidnappt und die Papis und Mamis erpresst.
Die Polizei kapituliert immer mehr und sieht sich gezwungen außergewöhnliche Situationen mit außergewöhnlichen Massnahmen zu begegnen.Das schreibt sich auch Commisario Cardone auf die Fahnen und zieht mit rabiaten Ermittlungsmethoden ins Gefecht.
Dies bleibt nicht unbemerkt, denn auch sein Sohn gerät ins Visier der Entführer.Auch hier bei DER UNERBITTLICHE VOLLSTRECKER werden wieder Grenzen gezogen und gleichzeitig vermischt, wenn es darum geht im krawalligen Italien jener Zeit Probleme zu lösen.…
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Review by Adrian 🎄 ★★★½ 1
The motive behind the "great kidnapping" is quite creative and interesting. I also loved the choice for the lead actor. What it does lack however is the stylish direction. Cinematography-wise it's very dry and boring. And Stelvio Cipriani's score only ranges over two or three tracks, all rehashes from What have they done to your daughters? In the end it's rather forgettable. But of course I still enjoyed it. And so will everyone who likes these kinds of films.
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Review by Jon Peters ★★★★ 4
One of the real life aspects of the violent time in 1970s Italy commonly known as The Years of Lead, is the widespread kidnappings during this time. Many were politically motivated, some were for ransoms, as the economy was hit with high unemployment and inflation. The most famous example of this was with the Red Brigade terrorist group and their kidnapping of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978.
Most polizioteschi- the popular Euro crime subgenre born out of this period of violence - focus on tough cops and wild criminals, with guns blazing and cars crashing. Yet this 1973 poliziottesco focuses on the politically motivated kidnappings of the time. THE GREAT KIDNAPPING is a tight, tense, white-knuckled thriller…
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Review by GoldMod ★★★★
Poliziotteschi Part 14: Wire Tap
The easiest way to distinguish the above-the-law cop of the average American crime thriller and the above-the-law cop of the average Italian Poliziotteschi, is how they go above the law. For every Maurizio Merli type role clearly taking from Eastwood's portrayal of the tough-on-crime Harry Callahan, there are just as many Italian commissarios who are more subtle in their bending of the law to get their perceived justice. Here, the commissioner (the amazing as always Enrico Maria Salerno), is ethically dubious. Pre-emptively wiretapping the phone of a man whose son has gone missing, or playing for time trying to arrest the MIA driver for a bank robbery turned hostage situation. A man who'd turn the…
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Review by Oli ★★★½
Roberto Infascelli's procedural poliziotteschi The Great Kidnapping is a slow burn of a thriller that focuses in on Roman cop Commissioner Cardone, newly posted in Milan, as he plans to crack down on the plague of kidnappings in the city.
I said slow burn and I meant it. Mostly revolving around investigation and discussions on the state of legislation against kidnapping, the film has a more cerebral take on the genre than I'm used to, but after pulling out a couple of twists it was hiding up it's sleeve, it then descends into the usual kinetic car chase fun in the final fifteen minutes. And what a final fifteen minutes; shouting "Fuck no!" at the TV twice in quick succession…
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Review by Wes Edwards ★★½
Mediocre police thriller, livened up by a memorable score by Stelvio Cipriani and an exciting car-chase finale. Solid performers needed a stronger storyline.
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Review by Rolf ★★★★ 3
A new commissioner (Enrico Maria Salerno) tries to fight the row of kidnappings by interfering and stopping the ransom to be paid but when his own son becomes a victim he might reconsider...
This Euro Crime film doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. For me, it may present the most compelling story of any genre entry as it creates such an interesting dilemma for the main character who may or may not have to betray his own ideals.
So, this is a much more plot-heavy movie without becoming as dry as other genre efforts. In fact, this is paced so very well that it feels a lot more action-heavy than it actually is. Apart from the final ten… -
Review by FredF ★★★★★ 3
Director Roberto Infascelli only directed two films, this poliziottesco and a Jungle film in 1968. It's a real shame he did not direct more crime films as this one is an absolute masterpiece. The story, also written by Infascelli is fantastic, providing intense suspence, amazing action and accurately represents the angry Italians feelings of the politics of the time; Communist youths who were funding themselves with a massive kidnapping scheme and murder.
Enter the new chief of police in Milan played by the great Enrico Maria Salerno, in one of his best roles, he reflects the feelings the populace had at the time; law and order need to crush this plague on Italian society.
Salerno's co-stars are also perfectly cast.…
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Review by COBB ★★★
Away from sleazy violence, shootings or chases for most of the footage, in this case the focus is on the fight from the middle class law offices, whose hands are tied to be able to act as they want. This type of approach gives a more serious tone, full of office scenes and phone exchange, without subplots or relief of any kind.
This makes the picture a bad idea if you are eager for the wildest poliziottesco, but quite interesting if you are looking to complete or delve into it.
While an actor of Lee J. Cobb's stature is wasted, Stelvio Cipriani's score is superb, iconic. -
Review by Mark Tinta ★★★½ 2
Ripped from the headlines with the wave of kidnappings hitting Italy in the '70s, THE GREAT KIDNAPPING is a solid Italian poliziotteschi that was one of the few directing efforts from Roberto Infascelli before he was killed in a 1977 car crash at just 38. Enrico Maria Salerno stars as a new Milan police commissioner determined to stop the serial kidnappings of the children of wealthy families, but he gets stone-walled at every turn by the spineless prosecutor (Jean Sorel), who thinks it's best to just give the criminals what they want in order to ensure lives are saved. Some intense action sequences and lots of twists and turns, some more surprising than others, as THE GREAT KIDNAPPING is one…