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Violent City (Italian: Città violenta, also released as The Family) is a 1970 crime thriller film directed by Sergio Sollima from a screenplay co-written with Lina Wertmüller, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, and Telly Savalas.
Feb 1, 1973 · Violent City: Directed by Sergio Sollima. With Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini. After being double-crossed by his mistress and barely escaping a murder attempt, a hit-man sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the mob boss who put her up to it.
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- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Sergio Sollima
- 1973-02-01
According to this data, Tijuana Mexico is the most violent city in the world. Tijuana is just 15 miles south of San Diego on the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2018, Tijuana had a total of 2,640 homicides and a homicide rate of 138 incidents per 100,000 people.
RankingCityCountryHomicides Per 100k1TijuanaMexico1382Acapulco de JuarezMexico110.53CaracasVenezuela99.984Ciudad VictoriaMexico86.01The loner Jeff Heston (Charles Bronson), professional killer, is betrayed by the woman he loves. After risking his life and serving two years in jail, he reunites with his ex Vanessa (Jill Ireland) married to the powerful boss Jake Weber (Telly Savalas).
Action! - Spaghetti alla Sergio: Le grandi avventure di Sollima. Sollima's two worlds collide in his new picture, a quasi-spy thriller with an approach that plays like a Western transposed into the modern world, where outlaws are replaced with capos and corrupt officials.
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- Sergio Sollima
Jun 29, 2023 · Very well-directed by Sergio Sollima (The Big Gundown aka La resa dei conti, Revolver) from a thoroughly enjoyable script co-written by Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties), Violent City (aka Città violenta), is a well-done, entertaining piece of action cinema as well as one of the first examples of the subgenre called Poliziotteschi ...
A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it, but his love for her may cloud his judgement.
