{{Infobox film | name = Mark Shoots First | image = Mark-of-the-cop-poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Stelvio Massi | producer = | writer = | screenplay = {{plainlist|* Dardano Scchetti * Teodoro Corra * Raniero Di Giovanbattista * Stelvio Massi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}}}} | story = Dardano Sacchetti{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | starring = {{plainlist|* Franco Gasparri * Lee J. Cobb * Nino Benvenuti}} | music = Adriano Fabi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} | cinematography = Federico Zanni{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} | editing = Mauro Bonanni{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} | studio = P.A.C.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} | distributor = P.A.C. | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1975|12|22|Italy}} | runtime = 100 minutes{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} | country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} | language = | budget = | gross = ₤1.227 billion }}
'''''Mark il poliziotto spara per primo''''' (internationally released as '''''Mark Shoots First''''') is an Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed in 1975 by Stelvio Massi.<ref>{{cite news|last=D. Giacomelli|title=Il commissario bello|newspaper=La Stampa|page=7}}</ref> It is the sequel of ''Mark il poliziotto''.<ref name=dfgb>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|publisher=Lindau, 2006}}</ref>
== Cast == * Franco Gasparri: Mark Terzi * Lee J. Cobb: commendator Benzi * Massimo Girotti: vice questore Spaini * Ely Galleani: Angela Frizzo * Nino Benvenuti: Ghini * Andrea Aureli: giornalista * Spiros Focás: Morini * Guido Celano: Mario Borelli
==Release== ''Mark Shoots First'' was released theatrically in Italy on 22 December 1975 where it was distributed by P.A.C. (Produzioni Atlas Cinematografica).{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=143}} The film grossed ₤1.227 billion Italian lira in Italy.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=144}}
== References == ===Footnotes=== {{reflist|30em}}
===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|0072712}}
Category:1975 films Category:1975 Italian-language films Category:Poliziotteschi films Category:1970s crime action films Category:Italian crime action films Category:Films directed by Stelvio Massi Category:Italian sequel films Category:1975 Italian films
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