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Beast with a Gun (1977)

Beast with a Gun poster
Original title
La belva col mitra
Directed by
Sergio Grieco
Genre
detective film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A criminal named Nanni Vitali goes on a violent rampage. Police detectives hunt him down across Italy.

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What happens

Beast with a Gun (Italian: La belva col mitra), also known as Mad Dog Killer, is a 1977 Italian noir poliziottesco film written and directed by Sergio Grieco. The film would be Grieco's final film, as he died in 1982. The main character of the film, Nanni Vitali, was loosely inspired by Renato Vallanzasca. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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