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Shoot First, Die Later

1974 film

Shoot First, Die Later (Italian: Il poliziotto è marcio) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco-noir film directed by Fernando Di Leo.[2] Di Leo reprises some elements of the novel Rogue Cop by William P. McGivern.[3] Luc Merenda later starred in two other Di Leo's films, Kidnap Syndicate and Nick the Sting.[3]

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Plot

A policeman who has dealings with local crime begins to get in over his head. At first content with taking payments for helping contraband tobacco and alcohol escape notice of the authorities, he draws the line when the criminals get into the drug smuggling business. A local busybody has inadvertently witnessed the disposal of one of their victims and reported their licence plates to the policeman's father, who is a sergeant. Gradually more people around him turn up dead and he becomes increasingly desperate.

Cast

Release

Shoot First, Die Later was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 22 March 1974.[1] The film grossed a total of 675,994,000 Italian lire on its domestic release.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Curti 2013, p. 118.
  2. [2]
    Achille Valdata (May 24, 1974). "Il commissario è vendicativo". La Stampa.
  3. [3]
    Vari. Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo. Nocturno, 2004.

References

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.


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