Kidnap Syndicate
Kidnap Syndicate is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Fernando Di Leo. Even being a minor work in the Di Leo's filmography, the film gained some critical attention for being an original re-interpretation of the "vigilante" subgenre.
Cast
- Luc Merenda as Mario Colella
- James Mason as Engineer Filippini
- Valentina Cortese as Countess Grazia Filippini
- Vittorio Caprioli as Commissioner Magrini
- Irina Maleeva as Lina
- Marino Masé as Pardi
- Marco Liofredi as Fabrizio Colella
- Francesco Impeciati as Antonio Filippini
- Renato Baldini as Antonio Policriti
- Alessio Juso as Antonio Filippini's Son
Production
The film's story is credited to Galliano Juso, the producer of the film. The film's director Fernando Di Leo stated that the producer came up with the idea for the film based on kidnappings which he described as "a hot topic back then". Di Leo stated that the producer would call up the distributors in Italy to tell them the story for the film and if more of them were not interested in the story than were, it would not get made. Ernesto Gastaldi stated that despite being credited with Cesare Manzani that he himself wrote the script for the film, stating that Juso did come up with the idea for the film but that Di Leo did not write it, stating that the two just discussed the script after it was already completed with Gastaldi making adjustments where Di Leo felt the script was wrong. Gastaldi described the film as a "nasty film about nasty times".The film was shot at Rizzoli Film in Rome and on location in Rome and Milan.