| The Seven-Ups | |
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| Directed by | Philip D'Antoni |
| Screenplay by | Albert Ruben Alexander Jacobs |
| Story by | Sonny Grosso |
| Produced by | Philip D'Antoni |
| Starring | Roy Scheider Tony Lo Bianco Bill Hickman Larry Haines Richard Lynch Ken Kercheval |
| Cinematography | Urs Furrer |
| Edited by | Gerald B. Greenberg Stephen A. Rotter John C. Horger |
| Music by | Don Ellis |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,425,000[1] |
| Box office | $6,007,464 (US Box Office/$4,100,000 (US/Canada rentals)[2] |
The Seven-Ups is a 1973 American neo-noir mystery action thriller film[3] produced and directed by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Roy Scheider as a crusading policeman who is the leader of the Seven-Ups, a squad of plainclothes officers who use dirty, unorthodox tactics to snare their quarry on charges leading to prison sentences of seven years or more upon prosecution, hence the name of the team.[4]
D'Antoni took his sole directing credit on this film. He was earlier responsible for producing the action thriller Bullitt, followed by The French Connection, which won him the 1971 Academy Award for Best Picture. All three feature memorable car chase sequences coordinated by Bill Hickman.
Several other people who worked on The French Connection were also involved in this film, such as Scheider, screenwriter and police technical advisor Sonny Grosso, composer Don Ellis, and stunt coordinator Bill Hickman. 20th Century Fox was again the distributor.
Buddy Manucci, played by Scheider, is a loose remake of the character of Buddy "Cloudy" Russo he played in The French Connection, a character who also used dirty tactics to capture his enemies, and who was also based on Sonny Grosso.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
- ^ Solomon p 232, Variety Trade Ad, January 18, 1974. Please note rental figures are rentals not total gross.
- ^ "The Seven-Ups (1973) - Philip D'Antoni". AllMovie.
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