Rent Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
3.4 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
- When the critically ill daughter of a prominent family is kidnapped by a ruthless band of thugs, Inspector Sarti (Claudio Cassinelli) is forced to bend the rules and oversees the prison break of Sergio 'Monnezza' Marazzi (Tomas Milian), a lowlife criminal with deep roots in the criminal underworld. The unlikely duo team-up in hopes of retrieving the girl and catching the infamous Brescianelli (Henry Silva), the crime boss behind the kidnapping, before time runs out.
- Actors:
- Tomas Milian, Claudio Cassinelli, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Henry Silva, Claudio Undari, Biagio Pelligra, Giuseppe Castellano, Tano Cimarosa, Dana Ghia, Renato Mori, Susanna Melandri, Mario Erpichini, Corrado Solari, Rita Forzano, Antonio Casale, Massimo Bonetti, Arturo Dominici, Ernesto Colli, Paolo Bonetti, Rosita Torosh
- Directors:
- Umberto Lenzi
- Producers:
- Claudio Mancini, Ugo Tucci
- Writers:
- Umberto Lenzi, Dardano Sacchetti
- Aka:
- Tough Cop / Il trucido e lo sbirro
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
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- Countries:
- Italy
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- Release Date:
- 29/11/2021
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
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- Bonus:
- Cops and Robbers: An Interview with Nino Celeste
- No Small Roles: An Interview with Corrado Solari
- Producing Mayhem: An Interview with Ugo Tucci
- Portrait of a Daughter: An Interview with Alessandra Lenzi
- Audio Commentary with Eurocrime producer Michael A. Martinez
- Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Free Hand for a Tough Cop
Cracking Stuff - Free Hand for a Tough Cop review by sb
AKA Free Hand for a Tough Cop - become a huge fan of Umberto Lenzi whose work-rate in the 1970's was amazing.
He could make 2 (or even 3) films a year spanning Giallo, Cop Thrillers and Cannibal movies and this is another cracker.
Bad guy Brescianelli (Silva) has kidnapped a little girl for ransom - the twist being she has a kidney condition and must recieve hospital treatment every 5 days.
Cop Sarti (Cassinnelli) decides to by-pass the plodding Italian Police and breaks thief Marazzi (Milian) out of jail as he has loads of contacts may lead Sarti to where the girl is being kept.
Along the way they hook up with Marazzi's old gang and the hunt is on.
Its rattles along at a frantic pace with endless car chases , mass shoot-outs and beatings and is tremendously violent with at its heart another terrific performance by Milian who could turn his hand to anything and here plays the wily thief always with his eye on the main chance......great entry in the Lenzi canon - 4/5
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