The Violent Four
Cast & Crew
Carlo Lizzani
Gian Maria Volontè
Tomas Milian
Margaret Lee
Carla Gravina
Don Backy
Film Details
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Synopsis
As public outrage mounts against organized crime in modern-day Milan, four robbers meticulously plan a timed assault on several major banks within a period of 40 minutes. Led by the mastermind Cavallero, the men have pulled off other robberies in the past, keeping their identities secret by leading seemingly law-abiding lives. While making their getaway after one robbery, however, there is a slip-up, and the men must blast their way through the streets with submachine guns, killing several innocent bystanders in an effort to escape from the police. Three of the robbers escape, but a fourth, Rovoletto, is wounded and captured. The city is blockaded with the latest electronic devices, and police inspector Basevi questions Rovoletto, who finally breaks down. Lopez, the youngest gang member, is easily captured in his home, but Cavallero and Notarnicola evade the police dragnet. Before long, however, they are tracked down and cornered in an abandoned farmhouse. While being brought back to headquarters by Basevi, Cavallero boasts that his crimes have made him as famous as the Sicilian bandits of old, but he is shocked when a mob of irate citizens surround the police car, cursing and spitting at him.
Director
Carlo Lizzani
Cast
Gian Maria Volontè
Tomas Milian
Margaret Lee
Carla Gravina
Don Backy
Ezio Sancrotti
Raymond Lovelock
Piero Mazzarella
Peter Martell
Carlo Lizzani
Nino Krisman
Laura Solari
Enzo Fisichella
Gianni Bortolotti
Maria Rosa Sclauzero
Ida Meda
Emy Rossi Scotti
Aldo Vigorelli
Umberto Di Grazia
Enzo Consoli
Giorgio Osfuri
Crew
Eros Bacciucchi
Nello Boraso
Dino De Laurentiis
Massimo De Rita
Franco Fraticelli
Giorgio Gentili
Nino Krisman
Carlo Lizzani
Dino Maiuri
Riz Ortolani
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Mimmo Scavia
Sebastiano Soldati
Otello Spila
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Milan. Released in Italy in 1968 as Banditi a Milano; running time: 120 min.
