{{Infobox film | name = Mark of the Cop | image = Mark il poliziotto.jpg | alt = | caption = DVD cover | native_name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)--> | director = Stelvio Massi | producer = <!-- or: | producers = --> | writer = <!-- or: | writers = --> | screenplay = {{plainlist|* Adriano Bolzoni * Raniero Di Giovanbattista * Stelvano Massi<ref name="crimr" >{{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786469765 |year=2013 |page=126}}</ref>}} | story = Dardano Sacchetti<ref name="crimr" /> | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | starring = | narrator = <!-- or: | narrators = --> | music = Stelvio Cipriani<ref name="crimr" /> | cinematography = Marcello Gatti<ref name="crimr" /> | editing = Mauro Bonanni<ref name="crimr" /> | production_companies = Produzioni Atlas Consorziate<ref name="crimr" /> | distributor = Produzioni Atlas Consorziate | released = {{film date|1975|8|1|Italy}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = Italy | language = | budget = | gross = ₤1.667 billion }}
'''''Mark il poliziotto''''' (internationally released as '''''Mark of the Cop''''', ''Blood, Sweat and Fear'' and ''Mark the Narc'') is an Italian poliziottesco film directed in 1975 by Stelvio Massi. The film obtained a great commercial success and generated two sequels, ''Mark il poliziotto spara per primo'' and ''Mark colpisce ancora''.<ref name=dfgb>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|publisher=Lindau, 2006}}</ref> The film marked the breakthrough for the lead actor, Franco Gasparri, who was already a star of Italian fotoromanzi.<ref name=dfgb/>
== Cast == * Franco Gasparri as Inspector Mark Terzi * Lee J. Cobb as Lawyer Benzi * Giorgio Albertazzi as Quaestor * Sara Sperati as Irene * Carlo Duran as Gruber * Giampiero Albertini as Brigadiere Bonetti * Andrea Aureli as Benzi's Vice * Francesco D'Adda as Investigating judge * Dada Gallotti as Irene's mother
==Release== ''Mark of the Cop'' was released in on August 1, 1975, in Italy where it was distributed by Produzioni Atlas Consorziate.<ref name="crimr" /> It grossed a total of 1,667,090,170 Italian lire during its theatrical release in Italy.<ref name="crimr" /> The film has been released in the United States as ''Mark of the Cop'' and in Europe as ''Mark the Narc''.<ref name="crimr" /> ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0308558}}
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:Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani Category:1975 Italian films Category:Italian-language crime action films
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