# Mark Shoots First

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Franco_Gasparri)
* [Lee J. Cobb](/source/Lee_J._Cobb)
* [Nino Benvenuti](/source/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 = [₤](/source/Italian_lira)1.227 billion
}}

'''''Mark il poliziotto spara per primo'''''  (internationally released as '''''Mark Shoots First''''') is an Italian ''[poliziottesco](/source/poliziottesco)'' film  directed in 1975 by [Stelvio Massi](/source/Stelvio_Massi).<ref>{{cite news|last=D. Giacomelli|title=Il commissario bello|newspaper=[La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa)|page=7}}</ref> It is the sequel of ''[Mark il poliziotto](/source/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](/source/Franco_Gasparri): Mark Terzi 
* [Lee J. Cobb](/source/Lee_J._Cobb): commendator Benzi 
* [Massimo Girotti](/source/Massimo_Girotti): vice questore Spaini 
* [Ely Galleani](/source/Ely_Galleani): Angela Frizzo 
* [Nino Benvenuti](/source/Nino_Benvenuti): Ghini 
* [Andrea Aureli](/source/Andrea_Aureli): giornalista 
* [Spiros Focás](/source/Spiros_Foc%C3%A1s): Morini 
* [Guido Celano](/source/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](/source/Italian_lira) in Italy.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=144}}

== 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|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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