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Directed by | Mino Guerrini |
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Produced by | Benito Pertaccini [1] |
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Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli [1] |
Edited by | Enzo Micarelli [1] |
Music by | Egisto Macchi [1] |
Production company | Bema Film
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Distributed by | I.N.D.I.E.F. |
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Running time | 110 minutes [1] |
Country | Italy [1] |
Box office | ₤83,977 million |
Days of Fire ( Italian: Gangsters '70) is a 1968 Italian crime- thriller film written and directed by Mino Guerrini. [2] [3] [4]
After being released from prison, elderly Destil plans a heist to secure a peaceful retirement. He forms a gang and attempts to steal a briefcase full of diamonds, but another group of criminals catches onto his plan.
Days of Fire was written by Fernando Di Leo under the title Elegia in un cimitero d'asfalto o Il sol nero ( lit. 'Elegy in an Asphalt Cemetery or Black Sun)'. [1]
Days of Fire was distributed theatrically in Italy by I.N.D.I.E.F. on 30 April 1968. [1] The film grossed a total of 83,977,000 Italian lire domestically. [1] Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the movie was "unnoticed before critics and audiences alike". [5] Curti stated the film was not re-discovered until the late 1990s. [5]
The film has been released as Gangsters '70 and Days of Fire. [1] It was released in Canada on VHS by the UVI label in Italian. [1]