{{Infobox film | name = Mark Strikes Again | image = Mark Strikes Again.jpg | alt = | caption = DVD Cover | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Stelvio Massi | screenplay = Dardano Sacchetti{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | story = Lucio De Caro{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = {{plainlist|* Franco Gasparri * John Saxon * Marcella Michelangeli * Giampiero Albertini}} | music = Stelvio Cipriani{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | cinematography = Mario Vulpiani{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | editing = Mauro Bonanni{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | studio =P.A.C.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | distributor = P.A.C. | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|10|20|Italy}} | runtime = 95 minutes {{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} | language = | budget = | gross = ₤657,027 million }} '''''Mark Strikes Again''''' ({{langx|it|Mark colpisce ancora}}, also known as '''''The .44 Specialist''''') is a 1976 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. Initially planned as an original film, during the shoots and the post-production process it was turned into a second sequel of ''Mark of the Cop'' (after ''Mark Shoots First'').<ref name="70-79 m-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>{{Page needed|date=September 2020}}<ref name=stracult>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario dei film italiani stracult|year=1999|publisher=Sperling & Kupfer|isbn=8820029197}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2020}}<ref name=odia>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|year=2006|publisher=Lindau, 2006|isbn=8871805860}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2020}}
== Cast == * Franco Gasparri: Mark Patti * John Saxon: Inspector Altman * Marcella Michelangeli: Olga Kuber * Giampiero Albertini: Inspector Mantelli * John Steiner: Paul Henkel * Paul Muller: Austrian Inspector * Malisa Longo: Isa
==Production== ''Mark Strikes Again'' was filmed at Icet - De Paolis in Milan and on location in Rome.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}}
==Release== ''Mark Strikes Again'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by PAC on October 20, 1976.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} It grossed a total of 657,027,130 Italian lire domestically.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}} The film was released as ''The .44 Specialist'' on home video in the Nederlands and Germany.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=183}}
==See also == * List of Italian films of 1976
==References== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786469765 |year=2013}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0151495}}
Category:1976 films Category:1976 Italian-language films Category:Poliziotteschi films Category:Films directed by Stelvio Massi Category:Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani Category:Films shot in Rome Category:1976 Italian films
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