''The Violent Professionals'' (

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: ''Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia'') is a 1973 Italian

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film directed by

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. The film stars

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(Giorgio Caneparo) who goes undercover as a

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for the mob so he can wage a one-man war on crime to avenge the death of father-figure cop Gianni (Silvano Tranquilli). In 2009 Empire Magazine named it #9 in a poll of the "20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)".

Cast

as Commissioner Giorgio Caneparo *

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as Padulo aka Salassolio *

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as Gianni Viviani *

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as Commissioner Nicastro *

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as Maria *

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as Commissioner Del Buono *

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as the prostitute *

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as Casardi *

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as Cruciani

Release

''The Violent Professionals'' was released in Italy on August 22, 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm. It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000

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. The film has been released in an English-language friendly DVD by Wild East and as a double feature from Alpha Video with '' Deadly Drifter''.

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Film locations in Milan
Films directed by Sergio Martino Police detective films 1970s crime films Poliziotteschi films 1973 films Films set in Milan Films with screenplays by Ernesto Gastaldi Films produced by Luciano Martino 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub

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