Go Gorilla, Go!

Go Gorilla, Go! (1975)

Vai gorilla

Fabio Testi is an undercover cop doubling as the bodyguard (hence, “Gorilla”) of a cantankerous middle-aged industrialist targeted for extortion.

Date of release
1975-11-13
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Action, Crime
Director
Tonino Valerii

Casting

Interesting facts

Go Gorilla Go is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Tonino Valerii.

Production

Gori contacted Tonino Valerii who specialized in spaghetti westerns. Valerii's latest film My Name is Nobody (1973) was his most popular to date. Valerii and screenwriter Massimo De Rita started developing a few ideas and had three story outlines for the film.

Valerii cast Fabio Testi in the role after he had been in a few films (Blood River and Red Coat) that did poorly in the box office. Al Lettieri had a small role as Testi's best friend in the film. It would be one of Lettieri's final roles as he died of a heart attack on October 18, 1975. For the villain, Valerii cast Antonio Marsina who had recently given up acting after a few roles in 1960s Westerns and had become a photographer.

Valerii stated that the film's script was written quickly with a lot of dialogue being re-written in the editing room to "rescue" a few scenes. The film was shot at De Paolis Studios in Rome.

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