Violent City

Starring Charles Bronson (ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, DEATH WISH) and Telly Savalas (THE DIRTY DOZEN, HORROR EXPRESS) this early Italian Poliziotteschi movie directed by Sergio Sollima, blasts its way across the screen in a bloody crime thriller of revenge and retribution. After being framed for a murder following a bloody shoot out, assassin Jeff Heston is finally released from prison where he immediately sets about seeking the pair who betrayed him. However, when he refuses to accept an offer to join the gang which set him up in the first place, Heston finds himself murderously pursued through the streets of New Orleans. Like the spaghetti westerns from a few years earlier, Violent City places its protagonist against the mercy of a corrupt system in a violently entertaining story full of twists, turns and surprises.

Director: Sergio Sollima
Producer: Harry Colombo
Producer: Giorgio Papi
Writer: Sauro Scavolini
Writer: Gianfranco Calligarich
Writer: Lina Wertmuller
Writer: Sergio Sollima
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cinematographer: Aldo Tonti
Actor: Charles Bronson
Actor: Telly Savalas
Actor: Jill Ireland
Actor: Umberto Orsini
Actor: Michel Constantin