{{Infobox film | name = Hunted City | image = Hunted City.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Stelvio Massi | producer = | screenplay = {{plainlist|*José Sanchez *Marino Girolami{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}}}} | story = {{plainlist|*José Sanchez *Marino Girolami *Vincenzo Mannino{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}}}} | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = Maurizio Merli | music = Stelvio Cipriani{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}} | cinematography = Pier Luigi Santi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}} | editing = Mauro Bonannni{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}} | studio = 3C Cooperativa Cinematografica{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}} | distributor = Simba Film | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1979|9|27|Italy}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}} | language = | budget = | gross = ₤329 million }} '''''Hunted City''''' ({{langx|it|Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta... la mia no!}} {{literal translation|Cop...Your Law is Slow, Mine Isn't!}}) is a 1979 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi.<ref>{{cite news|last=Achille Valdata|title=La donna ha un campanile|newspaper=La Stampa|date=20 October 1979|page=16}}</ref> It represents one of the few negative roles for Merola.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|publisher=Lindau, 2006|pages=138–139}}</ref>
==Production== ''Hunted City'' was the fifth collaboration between actor Maurizio Merli and director Stelvio Massi.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}} The film was shot at Incet-de Paolis in Milan and on location in Milano.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}}
== Cast == * Maurizio Merli: Commissioner Paolo Ferro * Mario Merola: Raffaele Acampora * Carmen Scarpitta: Ferro's sister * Francisco Rabal: don Alfonso * Massimo Dapporto: Stefano
==Release== ''Hunted City'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Simba Film on 27 September 1979.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}} The film grossed a total of 329 million Italian lire domestically.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}}
==See also== * List of Italian films of 1979
==References== ===Footnotes=== {{reflist}}
===Sources=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786469765 |year=2013 }} {{Refend}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0079856}}
Category:1979 films Category:Poliziotteschi films Category:Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani Category:1979 crime films Category:Films shot in Milan Category:1979 Italian films
Category:Films directed by Stelvio Massi
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