Blazing Flowers

{{short description|1978 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Blazing Flowers | image = Blazing Flowers.jpg | caption = | director = {{Interlanguage link multi|Gianni Martucci|it}} | story= Luca Sportelli | screenplay = Ludovica Marineo Luca Sportelli Gianni Martucci | starring = Marc Porel George Hilton Anna Maria Rizzoli Barbara Magnolfi Music Gianni Ferrio | cinematography = Richard Grassetti | language = Italian | released = {{Film date|1978|02|05|df=yes}} | gross = ₤593,395 million }} '''''Blazing Flowers'''''' ({{langx|it|Milano... difendersi o morire}}, literally: "Milan... to defend or to die"), is a 1978 Italian Poliziesco film co-written and directed by Gianni Martucci and starring Marc Porel, George Hilton and Anna Maria Rizzoli.<ref name="bgbz">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059695}}</ref><ref name=odia>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|year=2006|publisher=Lindau, 2006|isbn=8871805860}}</ref>

== Cast == *Marc Porel as Pino Scalise *George Hilton as Commissioner Morani *Anna Maria Rizzoli as Marina 'Fiorella' *Al Cliver as Domino *Barbara Magnolfi as Teresa *Anthony Freeman as Nosey *Guido Leontini as Don Chicco *Parvin Tabriz as Virginia Mallo *Nino Vingelli as Nicola

==Reception== In Italy, the film was distributed by Lark and it grossed 593,395,110 lire.<ref name=Curticrime>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Curti|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|date=22 October 2013|publisher=McFarland, 2013|isbn=978-0786469765}}</ref>

In his analysis of the film, Roberto Curti heavily criticized it, noting "the film's half-baked plot, filled with clichés worthy of a bad sceneggiata" and "the tone <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> closer to that of a lurid comic book".<ref name=Curticrime>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Curti|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|date=22 October 2013|publisher=McFarland, 2013|isbn=978-0786469765}}</ref>

== See also == * List of Italian films of 1978

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0077930}}

Category:1978 films Category:Poliziotteschi films Category:1978 crime films Category:Films scored by Gianni Ferrio Category:1978 Italian-language films Category:1978 Italian films Category:Italian-language crime films