Frame Up
| Frame Up | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Emilio Miraglia |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Massimo De Rita[1] |
| Produced by | Felice Testa Gay[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Erico Menczer[1] |
| Edited by | Sergio Montanari[1] |
| Music by | Robby Poitevin[1] |
Production companies |
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| Distributed by | Unidis |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Languages | Italian English |
| Box office | ₤397.4 million |
Frame Up (Italian: Quella carogna dell'ispettore Sterling, literally: "That Bastard Inspector Sterling") is a 1968 Italian noir-crime film directed by Emilio Miraglia and starring Henry Silva, Beba Lončar and Keenan Wynn.[2][page needed] In 1971, the American edit was shortened by several minutes and released as The Falling Man.[3]
Plot
[edit]A police inspector's son is killed by a gang of thieves and is accused of having killed a police informer. After being kicked out of the police department, the inspector must discover the truth on his own.
Cast
[edit]- Henry Silva as Inspector Sterling
- Beba Lončar as Janet
- Keenan Wynn as Police Commissioner Donald
- Carlo Palmucci as Gary
- Pier Paolo Capponi as O'Neil
- Luciano Rossi as Joseph Randolph
- Larry Dolgin as Kelly
- Charlene Polite as Anne
- Bob Molden as Rocky
Production
[edit]Frame Up was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in San Francisco.[1]
Release
[edit]Frame Up was released theatrically in Italy on 13 April 1968 where it was distributed by Unidis.[1] The film grossed a total of 397,425,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run.[1] The film circulated in various edited forms on its initial release.[4] The European version is about Sterling's quest to find a man who murdered his son and framed him for shooting an informant.[4] It is dramatised through flashbacks that lead up to the murder.[5] The American edit of the film was distributed through Heritage Enterprises in 1971 and re-titled The Falling Man which runs at 85 minutes.[1][5] The edit changes the story and has a new English-language dub and a new score by Marcel Lawler.[5]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- Poppi, Roberto; Pecorari, Mario (2007). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-8884405036.
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