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1978 film

Blood and Diamonds

Directed by	Fernando Di Leo
Screenplay by	Fernando Di Leo
Story by	Fernando Di Leo
Produced by	Umberto Russo Vittorio Russo
Starring	Claudio Cassinelli Martin Balsam Barbara Bouchet Pier Paolo Capponi
Cinematography	Roberto Gerardi
Edited by	Amedeo Giomini
Music by	Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Production company	Teleuropa International Film
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	17 March 1978 (1978-03-17) (Italy)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤259,502 million

Blood and Diamonds (Italian: Diamanti sporchi di sangue) is a 1978 Italian noir-poliziottesco film directed by Fernando di Leo.

Cast

Claudio Cassinelli: Guido Mauri
Martin Balsam: Rizzo
Barbara Bouchet: Lisa
Pier Paolo Capponi: Tony
Olga Karlatos: Maria
Vittorio Caprioli: commissioner

Production

The original title for the film was Roma calibro 9 (lit. 'Rome caliber 9'). The film is very similar to Di Leo's earlier film Caliber 9, with Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti describing it as "a reversal of Caliber 9" with the relationships in the film being contrary to each other.

The cast initially intended to include Franco Gasparri, fresh from the success of the Mark il poliziotto film series, in the main role of Guido Mauri.

Release

Blood and Diamonds premiered in Rome on 17 March 1978. The film was distributed by Titanus in Italy, the day after the kidnapping of Aldo Moro which led to the film grossing only 259,502,900 Italian lira.

Legacy

Part of Luis Bacalov's score was recycled by Bruno Mattei for Hell of the Living Dead (1980).

Notes

^ Curti 2013, p. 237.
Vari. Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo. Nocturno, 2004.
^ Curti 2013, p. 238.
"Virus (Apocalipsis canibal)". Quartet Records. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

References

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links

Blood and Diamonds at IMDb

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