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Line 3: \| image = La-citta-sconvolta-caccia-spietata-ai-rapitori-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg \| alt = \| caption = DVD cover \| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module\|language\|title}} or {{Infobox name module\|title}} --> \| director = [[Fernando Di Leo]] Line 12: \| story = Galliano Juso{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=137}} \| based_on = <!-- {{Based on\|title of the original work\|creator of the original work\|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> \| starring = {{plainlist\| * [[~~Luc~~James ~~Merenda~~Mason]] * [[~~James~~Luc ~~Mason~~Merenda]]}} * [[Valentina Cortese]] * Irina Maleeva }} \| music = [[Luis Enriquez Bacalov]]{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=137}} \| cinematography = [[Erico Menczer]]{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=137}} \| editing = [[Sergio Montanari]]{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=137}} \| studio = Cinemaster{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=137}} \| distributor = Medusa Line 27 ⟶ 31: }} '''''Kidnap Syndicate''''' ({{~~lang-~~langx\|it\|La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori\|lit=The City is Shaken: Ruthless Pursuit of the Kidnappers}}) is a 1975 Italian ''[[poliziottesco]]'' film directed by [[Fernando Di Leo]]. Even being a minor work in the Di Leo's filmography, the film gained some critical attention for being an original re-interpretation of the "[[vigilante]]" subgenre.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Christian Uva, Michele Picchi\|title=Destra e sinistra nel cinema italiano\|publisher=Edizioni Interculturali, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Antonio Bruschini, Antonio Tentori\|title=Città violente: il cinema poliziesco italiano\|publisher=Tarab, 1998}}</ref> == Plot == Line 37 ⟶ 41: [[Valentina Cortese]] as Countess Grazia Filippini [[Vittorio Caprioli]] as Commissioner Magrini [[Irina Maleeva]] as Lina [[Marino Masé]] as Pardi * Marco Liofredi as Fabrizio Colella * Francesco Impeciati as Antonio Filippini * [[Renato Baldini]] as Antonio Policriti * Alessio Juso as Antonio Filippini's Son ==Production== Line 49 ⟶ 57: ==Reception== Curti stated that the film was lambasted by Italian film critics.{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=138}} [[Claudio G. Fava]] stated in ''[[Corriere Mercantile]]'' that "all the worst defects of the worst of Italian cinema can be found in this minutely banal film"{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=138}} [[Sandro Casazza]] of ''[[La Stampa]]'' declared it as aan "immoral and asocial film (the thread dedicated to the "silent majority" numbers a large number of titles ever since ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)\|Straw Dogs]]'')."{{sfn\|Curti\|2013\|p=138}} == References == Line 67 ⟶ 75: [[Category:1975 films]] [[Category:1975 crime drama films]] [[Category:~~1970s~~1975 crime thriller films]] [[Category:Films directed by Fernando Di Leo]] [[Category:Poliziotteschi films]]