I guappi (1974)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Pasquale Squitieri

Writers:

Ugo Pirro (adaptation)
Michele Prisco (writer)

Release Date:

23 February 1974 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks...

Plot Keywords:

Italy | Camorra | Napoli Italy | Organized Crime | Police

Cast

Claudia Cardinale	...	Lucia Esposito
Franco Nero	...	Nicola Bellizzi
Fabio Testi	...	Don Gaetano Fungillo
Lina Polito	...	Nanina Scognamiglio
Raymond Pellegrin	...	Aiossa
Rita Forzano	...	Luisella
Nino Vingelli	...	Gigino la Charonge
Antonio Orlando	...	Pasquale Scalzo
Gengher Gatti	...	Capo Camorra
Sergio Serafini	...	Amico di Gaetano
Rosalia Maggio	...	Amalia Scognamiglio
Edoardo Mascia	...	Don Antonio
Benito Artesi	...	Pazzariello
Anna Walter	...	Donna Amalia
Sonia Viviani	...	Donna Maria

Also Known As:

Blood Brothers

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technospes)

Certification:

France:-12

Company:

Documento Film

It wants to be a hollywood epic.

This is a good film, good solid performances and a compulsive if somewhat cliched storyline. The main problem is that it seems at times that it would like to be on a par with hollywood big budget productions, and it really is much too home grown Italian for that. Nevertheless, on its own merits this is well worth a visit, Nero is as good as always and Fabio Testi is magical, it is a mystery why he did not become one of the giant names of international cimema. If you cannot see it any other way the old British video release is a horrid pan & scan, sometimes "needs must".