{{Infobox film | name = Days of Fire | image = Days of Fire Gangsters_70.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Mino Guerrini | producer = Benito Pertaccini{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} | screenplay = {{plainlist|* Adriano Baracco * Fernando Di Leo * Mino Guerrini{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}}}} | story = {{plainlist|* Adriano Baracco * Fernando Di Leo * Mino Guerrini{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}}}} | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = {{plainlist|* Joseph Cotten * Franca Polesello * Giulio Brogi}} | music = Egisto Macchi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} | cinematography = Franco Delli Colli{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} | editing = Enzo Micarelli{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} | studio = Bema Film{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} | distributor = I.N.D.I.E.F. | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1968|4|30|Italy}} | runtime = 110 minutes{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} | country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} | language = | budget = | gross = ₤83,977 million }}
'''''Days of Fire''''' ({{langx|it|'''Gangsters '70'''}}) is a 1968 Italian crime-thriller film written and directed by Mino Guerrini.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|publisher=Lindau, 2006}}</ref><ref name="70-79 z">{{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=Mereghetti>{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}</ref>
==Premise == After being released from prison, elderly Destil plans a heist to secure a peaceful retirement. He forms a gang and attempts to steal a briefcase full of diamonds, but another group of criminals catches onto his plan. == Cast == * Joseph Cotten as Fabio Destil * Franca Polesello as Franca * Giulio Brogi as Rudy * Giampiero Albertini as Sempre si * Bruno Corazzari as Affattato * Dennis Patrick Kilbane as Biochemist * Jean Louis as Affatato's accomplice * Milly Vitale as Anna * Franco Ressel as Passenger * Linda Sini
==Production== ''Days of Fire'' was written by Fernando Di Leo under the title ''Elegia in un cimitero d'asfalto o Il sol nero'' ({{literal translation|Elegy in an Asphalt Cemetery or Black Sun)}}.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}}
==Release== ''Days of Fire'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by I.N.D.I.E.F. on 30 April 1968.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} The film grossed a total of 83,977,000 Italian lire domestically.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the movie was "unnoticed before critics and audiences alike".{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=24}} Curti stated the film was not re-discovered until the late 1990s.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=24}}
The film has been released as ''Gangsters '70'' and ''Days of Fire''.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}} It was released in Canada on VHS by the UVI label in Italian.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=23}}
== References == ===Footnotes=== {{reflist}}
===Sources=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f8CAQAAQBAJ|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786469765|year=2013}} {{Refend}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0063011}}
Category:1960s crime thriller films Category:1960s heist films Category:Italian heist films Category:Films directed by Mino Guerrini Category:Italian gangster films Category:1968 Italian films Category:Films scored by Egisto Macchi
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