Violent City

Violent City
Italian film poster by Tino Avelli[1]
ItalianCittà violenta
Directed bySergio Sollima
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAldo Tonti[2]
Edited byNino Baragli[2]
Music byEnnio Morricone[2]
Production
companies
  • Unidis
  • Fono Roma
  • Jolly Film
  • Universal Productions France[2]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[2]
Release dates
  • 17 September 1970 (1970-09-17) (Italy)
  • 16 October 1970 (1970-10-16) (France)
Running time
104 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[2]
LanguageEnglish
Box office₤950.623 million[2]

Violent City (Italian: Città violenta, also released as The Family) is a 1970 crime thriller film directed by Sergio Sollima from a screenplay co-written with Lina Wertmüller, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, and Telly Savalas. Bronson plays a former hitman framed by a former boss and left for dead. He seeks revenge, but realizes his real enemy may be closer than he thinks.[3] The Italian-French co-production was filmed in New Orleans, the U.S Virgin Islands, and Cinecittà Studios in Rome.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Città violenta". Chisolm Larsson Gallery. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013, p. 45.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference slant was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Frayling 1981, p. 95.
  5. ^ Hughes 2006a, p. xx.