Revolver
Italian film poster
Directed by	Sergio Sollima
Screenplay by	Arduino Maiuri Massimo De Rita Sergio Sollima[1]
Story by	Arduino Maiuri Massimo De Rita Sergio Sollima[1]
Produced by	Ugo Santalucia[1]
Starring	Oliver Reed Fabio Testi Agostina Belli Paola Pitagora Frédéric de Pasquale Marc Mazza Bernard Giraudeau Daniel Beretta
Cinematography	Aldo Scavarda[1]
Edited by	Sergio Montanari[1]
Music by	Ennio Morricone[1]
Production companies	Mega Film Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie Dieter Gessler Film Produktion[1]
Distributed by	Panta
Release date	September 27, 1973 (1973-09-27) (Italy)
Running time	115 minutes[1]
Countries	Italy West Germany France[1]
Box office	₤477.374 million

Revolver (also titled Blood in the Streets and In the Name of Love) is a poliziottesco film directed by Sergio Sollima and released in 1973. It stars Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi. The film's theme, "Un Amico", was scored by Ennio Morricone and was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds.

Plot

An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues do not kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.

Cast

Production

Paola Pitagora recalls how Oliver Reed always turned up drunk on set (something confirmed by director Sollima) and as a result there were often difficulties during filming - including an incident in which Reed 'under the influence' crashed a VW bus into a post and Paola Pitagora, who hit her face inside the vehicle, had to wear big sunshades for the rest of the filming to cover up her bruised eyes.^[2]

Release

Revolver was released in Italy on September 27, 1973 where it was distributed theatrically by Panta.^[1] The film grossed 477,374,000 Italian lire in Italy.^[1]