''Death Hunt'' ( it, No alla violenza) is a 1977 Italian "

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" film written and directed by

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and starring

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and

Ninetto Davoli Giovanni "Ninetto" Davoli (born 11 October 1948) is an Italian actor who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films. Biography Davoli was born in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria. He was discovered by poet, novelist ...

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as Inspector Ettore Moretti *

as Mario *Martine Carell as Martine *

as Tano *

Federico Boido Federico Boido (8 January 1938 – 7 October 2014), was an Italian film actor who appeared in many horror films, Spaghetti Westerns, and sword and sandal movies. He also acted in the Sadistik photo novels and related his experiences in the fi ...

as Duilio Brogi *Zaira Zoccheddu as Livia *

Nico dei Gabbiani Nicola Tirone (18 September 1944 – 12 April 2012), best known as Nico dei Gabbiani, was an Italian singer. Born in Sambuca di Sicilia, he was founder and voice of the pop-beat Beat, beats or beating may refer to: Common uses * Patrol, or ...

* Guia Lauri Filzi as Rosa *

Massimo Mollica Massimo Mollica (19 March 1929 – 1 May 2013) was an Italian actor and stage director. Born in Pace del Mela, Messina, the son of an elementary school teacher, Mollica started acting at the university.Giancarlo Colombo. ''Who's Who in Ita ...

as Corsi *Uccio Golino as Marru *

Paola Quattrini Paola Quattrini (born 9 March 1944) is an Italian actress. Career She debuted as child actor in ''Il bacio di una morta'' (1949). From then she started a very long career between stage, film and television, starring in hundreds of productions. I ...

as Paola Corsi

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Film critic Giovanni Buttafava referred to the film as "a ''

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'' of sorts, halfway between the average Turkish epic and a naïve

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film."Giovanni Buttafava. "Una videoteca ideale," in Aa. Vv., ''Il Patalogo cinque & sei: Annuario 1983 dello spettacolo. Cinema & Televisione + Video''. Ubulibri, 1983. Film critic Roberto Curti called it "simply disarming in its naiveness."

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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ...

Italian crime films 1977 films 1977 crime films Poliziotteschi films Films about kidnapping 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-crime-film-stub

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