# Hunted City

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{{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](/source/Stelvio_Massi)
| producer       = 
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|*José Sanchez
*[Marino Girolami](/source/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](/source/Maurizio_Merli)
| music          = [Stelvio Cipriani](/source/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          = [₤](/source/Italian_lira)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](/source/Poliziotteschi) film directed by [Stelvio Massi](/source/Stelvio_Massi).<ref>{{cite news|last=Achille Valdata|title=La donna ha un campanile|newspaper=[La Stampa](/source/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](/source/Maurizio_Merli) and director [Stelvio Massi](/source/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](/source/Maurizio_Merli): Commissioner Paolo Ferro
* [Mario Merola](/source/Mario_Merola_(singer)): Raffaele Acampora
* [Carmen Scarpitta](/source/Carmen_Scarpitta): Ferro's sister
* [Francisco Rabal](/source/Francisco_Rabal): don Alfonso 
* [Massimo Dapporto](/source/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](/source/Italian_lira) domestically.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=262}}

==See also==
* [List of Italian films of 1979](/source/List_of_Italian_films_of_1979)

==References==
===Footnotes===
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===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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