{{Short description|1973 film directed by Sergio Martino}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = The Violent Professionals | image = Milano trema- la polizia vuole giustizia.jpg | alt = | caption = US film poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|it|Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia}} | director = Sergio Martino | producer = {{plainlist|*Luciano Martino *Carlo Ponti{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}}}} | writer = Ernesto Gastaldi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | starring = {{plainlist|*Luc Merenda *Richard Conte *Silvano Tranquilli *Carlo Alighiero *Martine Brochard *Chris Avram }} | narrator = | music = {{ubl| * Guido De Angelis{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} * Maurizio De Angelis{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} }} | cinematography = Giancarlo Ferrando{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} | editing = Eugenio Alabiso{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} | studio = {{plainlist|*Dania Film *Compagnia Cinematografica Champion{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}}}} | distributor = Interfilm | released = {{Film date|1973|08|22|Italy|df=y}} | runtime = 104 minutes{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} | country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} | language = Italian | budget = | gross = ₤1.162 billion }}
'''''The Violent Professionals''''' ({{langx|it|'''Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia'''|4=Milan trembles: the police demand justice}}) is a 1973 ''poliziottesco''<!-- Singular, 'poliziotteschi' is the plural form. --> film directed by Sergio Martino and starring Luc Merenda, Richard Conte, Silvano Tranquilli, Chris Avram and Martine Brochard. Merenda plays a Milan cop who goes undercover as a getaway driver for the mob so he can wage a one-man war on crime, to avenge the death of his mentor.
== Cast == {{castlist| * Luc Merenda as Inspector Giorgio Caneparo * Richard Conte as Padulo / Salassolio * Silvano Tranquilli as Inspector Gianni Viviani * Carlo Alighiero as Chief Nicastro * Martine Brochard as Maria * Chris Avram as Inspector Del Buono * Steffen Zacharias as Monsùmerda * Bruno Corazzari as Gori * Cyrille Spiga as Steiner * Rosario Borelli as Pepi Cartiglia * Antonio Casale as Casardi * Luciano Rossi as Cruciani * Lia Tanzi as the prostitute }}
==Production== Filming took place on-location in Milan and Novara. It was the first poliziottesco for genre mainstays Sergio Martino and Luc Merenda, who would collaborate on several films throughout the decade.
==Release== ''The Violent Professionals'' was released in Italy on 22 August 1973 where it was distributed by Interfilm.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}} It was a box office hit in Italy where it grossed a total of 1,162,424,000 Italian lire.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}}
=== Home media === The film has been released in an English-language friendly DVD by Wild East and as a double feature from Alpha Video with ''Deadly Drifter''.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=102}}
The boutique label restored and released the film on Blu-Ray in 2018.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Violent-Professionals-Blu-ray/160677/ |title=The Violent Professionals Blu-ray (Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia) |access-date=2025-10-03 |via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref> British label 88 Films a Blu-Ray in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Violent Professionals - The Italian Collection 66 |url=https://88-films.myshopify.com/products/the-violent-professionals-the-italian-collection-66 |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=88 Films |language=en}}</ref>
== Reception == A retrospective review for the website ''Mondo Digital'' reads, "One of the most purely enjoyable Italian crime films of the 1970s, ''The Violent Professionals'' has everything you could want in a poliziottesco title: a rebellious cop, fuzzy political cynicism, shocking violence, and rough and tumble car chases."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Violent Professionals |url=https://www.mondo-digital.com/violentpro.html |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=www.mondo-digital.com}}</ref>
In 2009, ''Empire'' named it #9 in a poll of the "20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)".
== See also == * List of Italian films of 1973
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
===References=== {{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|0070393}} * {{in lang|it}} [http://www.squadravolanteligera.com/milanotrema.htm Film locations in Milan]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Violent Professionals}} Category:1973 crime films Category:1973 films Category:1973 Italian films Category:1973 Italian-language films Category:Films directed by Sergio Martino Category:Films set in Milan Category:Films with screenplays by Ernesto Gastaldi Category:Films produced by Luciano Martino Category:Police detective films Category:Poliziotteschi films
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