Comandamenti per un gangster

Comandamenti per un gangster (Commandments for a Gangster) is a 1968 gangster film directed by Alfio Caltabiano

Comandamenti per un gangster
Directed byAlfio Caltabiano
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Alfio Caltabiano
  • Dario Argento
Produced bySalvatore Argento[1]
Starring
CinematographyMilorad Markovic[1]
Edited byEugenio Alabiso[1]
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
  • Triumph Film 67
  • Prodi Cinematografica
  • Avala Film[1]
Distributed byD.C.I.
Release dates
  • 22 May 1968 (1968-05-22) (Italy)
  • 1968 (1968) (Yugoslavia)
Running time
96 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Italy
  • Yugoslavia[2]
Box office₤106.073 million

Production

Comandamenti per un gangster was Alfio Caltabiano's second film as a director.[2] It was co-written by film critic and future director Dario Argento.[2] The films script showcases several traits that would later become part of Argento's directorial career.[2] This includes an unseen murderer with black gloves, shots from a murderer's point of view and having the murderer being identified by a physical detail, a scar on his face.[2] The film was shot on location in Yugoslavia.[2]

Release

Comandamenti per un gangster was released in Italy on 22 May 1968 where it was distributed by D.C.I.[2] It grossed a total of 106.073 million Italian lire on its release.[2] It was released in Yugoslavia as Poslednji obracun in 1968.[2]

Reception

In a contemporary review, Pietro Bianchi wrote in Il Giorno that the film was "a skillful attempt at applying the Western formula to the Gangster movie trappings"[2][3]

See also

Notes
  1. Curti 2013, p. 17.
  2. Curti 2013, p. 18.
  3. Curti 2013, p. 19.

References
  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.


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