The Violent Four

The Violent Four (1968)

Banditi a Milano

These 4 men are on their way to do a day's work. Robbing banks. Killing people!

A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.

Date of release
1968-03-29
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Carlo Lizzani

Casting

Interesting facts

Bandits in Milan is a 1968 Italian crime film directed and co-written by Carlo Lizzani, and starring Gian Maria Volonté, Tomas Milian, Don Backy, and Ray Lovelock. It also features Agostina Belli in her film debut. The docudrama-style film is based on a real September 1967 bank robbery in Milan by the Banda Cavallero, a far-left militant cell.

Production

Like director Carlo Lizzani's previous film Wake Up and Die is based on a real life event, specifically a bank robbery that went wrong in Milan on 25 September 1967. The film was made during the seven months following the arrest of the gang, but before their trial, which lead to a legal challenge in an attempt to block its release in theaters. As such, the members of the gang had their names changed for the film.

It was one of two high-profile crime films produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1968, the other was Bandits in Rome, which shared two of the same screenwriters.

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