Blood in the Streets (1973)
Directed by Sergio Sollima
Genres - Crime, Spy Film |
Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller, Poliziotteschi |
Run Time - 110 min. |
Countries - Italy |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The luridly titled Italian/French/German thriller Blood in the Streets went into production under the more restrained cognomen The Revolver. Oliver Reed plays a prison official whose wife is kidnapped. The price for her return is the release of incarcerated criminal Fabio Testi. When it becomes obvious that Testi's former cohorts plan to murder him once he's set free, Reed and Testi team up to foil the baddies. Blood in the Streets poses as an anti-gun tract, but its plot is still resolved by Oliver Reed wielding a weapon.
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chase, convict, freedom, kidnapping, killing, maniac, murder, music-teacher, nudity, official, prison, ransom, release, rescue, sadist, telepathy, victim, violence, warden, wife
