''Crime Boss'' ( it, I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti, "The victims' families won't be told") is a 1972 Italian crime film directed by

Alberto De Martino Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...

Production

''Crime Boss'' was filmed at Incir-De Paolis Film Studios in Rome and on location in

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, Rome and

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. Director

joked about the film later, stating it was "the story of Caesar and Brutus, essentially ..a bit like Shakespears so to speak."

Release

''Crime Boss'' was released theatrically in Italy on 8 August 1972 where it was distributed by P.A.C. The film grossed 498,812,000

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on its domestic release.

Reception

From a retrospective review, film historian Roberto Curti praised

Aristide Massaccesi Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936 – 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres (westerns, decamerotici, peplum, war films, ...

's "efficient camerawork" but that the film does not "live up to its impressive opening", noting that Lucio Battistrada's screenplay "becomes cliché-ridden" and that Antonio Sabàto was "wooden as usual".

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* 1972 crime films 1972 films Italian crime films Films shot in Milan Films shot in Rome Films shot in Hamburg Films directed by Alberto De Martino Films scored by Francesco De Masi 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub