Rent The Big Racket (1976)
3.5 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 41min
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- Synopsis:
- Inspector Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi) is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers hell-bent on extorting local business owners with intimidation and violent reprisals. Injured by the gang in the line of duty, Nico is determined to bring the crooks to justice, but his superiors warn him off the case. Realizing he's not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians who have themselves fallen victim to the gang to dole out their own brand of justice, Italian-style.
- Actors:
- Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer, Orso Maria Guerrini, Glauco Onorato, Marcella Michelangeli, Romano Puppo, Antonio Marsina, Salvatore Borghese, Joshua Sinclair, Daniele Dublino, Anna Zinnemann, Edy Biagetti, Salvatore Billa, Giovanni Bonadonna, Franco Borelli, Pietro Ceccarelli, Domenico Cianfriglia, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Roberto Dell'Acqua
- Directors:
- Enzo G. Castellari
- Producers:
- Galliano Juso
- Writers:
- Dino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita, Enzo G. Castellari
- Aka:
- Il grande racket
- Studio:
- Vipco
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Heist Movies: Masterminds and Mavericks, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/04/2022
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- The Years of Racketeering, a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari
- Violent Times, a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi
- Angel Face for a Tough Guy, a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- King of Movieola, a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- The Great Racket, a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
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Reviews (1) of The Big Racket
A very dated and simple mob film - The Big Racket review by RD
Although the picture quality is good, the same cannot be said for the sound track which features relentless irrelevant music, with sound effects and dialogue in thin distorted and compressed mono.
If you remember In a Gadda da Vida by Iron Butterfly from 1968, you will recognise the bass line which appears all through the film. You can hum along as it may help to brighten up the viewing experience.
The plot is extremely simple and hackneyed; the mafia terrorises a town, a brave policeman (the hero) is constrained by his superiors so much as to be ineffective, then the hero recruits relatives of victims, arms them and ambushes mob in one enormous shoot out. That's all folks, end of film.
This is the 70's at its most cheesiest, and with the screeching mono soundtrack is not a good experience.
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