''Young, Violent, Dangerous'' () is a 1976 Italian ''

poliziottesco ''Poliziotteschi'' (; : ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ''I ...

'' film directed by

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. It is based on the short stories ''Bravi ragazzi bang bang'' and ''In pineta si uccide meglio'', both included in

Giorgio Scerbanenco Giorgio Scerbanenco (; ; ; 18 July 1911 – 27 October 1969) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian-born Italians, Italian crime fiction writer. Life and works Giorgio Scerbanenco was born in Kyiv, in what was then the Russian Empire. At an early age, h ...

's short stories collection ''Milano calibro 9''.

Plot

In Italy, three young men go on a violent crime spree and end up being chased by the police across the country.

Cast

Tomas Milian Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa (3 March 1933 – 22 March 2017) was a Cuban-born actor with American and Italian citizenship, known for the emotional intensity and humor he brought to starring ...

as Commissioner * Stefano Patrizi as Mario Farra * Max Delys as Luigi Morandi * Benjamin Lev as Giòvanni Etrusco * Eleonora Giorgi as Lea *

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as Lucio *

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as Friend of Lucio *

Tom Felleghy Tom Felleghy (born Tamás Fellegi; 26 November 1921 – 13 September 2005) was a Hungarian-born Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1958. Felleghy died in Bracciano, Lazio on 13 September 2005, at the age of 83. Film ...

as Prof. Farra *

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as Oberwald

Production

''Young, Violent, Dangerous'' story by Fernando di Leo was based on the short stories of

, specifically ''Bravi ragazzi bang bang'' and ''In pineta si uccide meglio'', both included in his short stories collection ''Milano calibro 9''. The film was shot at Elios Film in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

and on location in Milan and

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Release

''Young, Violent, Dangerous'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Interfilm on 2 September 1976. The film grossed a total of 856,779,300

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domestically. The film was released on DVD in Italy by the label Raro and its soundtrack on compact disc by

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* 1976 films 1976 crime films Films based on short fiction Films based on works by Giorgio Scerbanenco Films directed by Romolo Guerrieri Poliziotteschi films Films shot in Milan 1970s Italian films {{1970s-crime-film-stub