Counselor at Crime

"The Counsellor (film)" redirects here. For the 2013 Ridley Scott film, see The Counselor.
Counselor at Crime
Directed by Alberto de Martino
Produced by Edmondo Amati[1]
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Adriano Bolzoni
  • Vincenzo Flamini
  • Leonardo Martin
  • Arlberto de Martino[1]
Starring
Music by Riz Ortolani[1]
Cinematography Aristide Massaccesi
Edited by Otello Colangeli[1]
Production
companies
  • Capitolina Produzioni Cinematografiche
  • Star S/A
Distributed by Fida Cinematografica
Release dates
  • August 30, 1973 (1973-08-30) (Italy)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country
Box office ₤685.486 million

Counselor at Crime (Italian: Il consigliori, also known as The Counsellor) is an Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Alberto De Martino.[2][3][4]

Cast

Production

Counselor at Crime was filmed at Cinecitta in Rome, Estudios Cinematograficos in Madrid and on location in San Francisco, Albuquerque, Palermo and Sicily.[1]

The cinematography was done by Joe D'Amato and credited as Aristide Massaccesi.[1] Director Alberto de Martino spoke positively on working with D'Amato, stating that he "didn't talk nonsense, he knew how to do his job, and he was quick. It took him a couple of seconds to understand how to light a scene. And whenever he was in trouble with the lighting, he would take the camera in his own hands"[1]

De Martino admitted to having trouble during the screenwriting of the film, stating that he initially wrote the script with his collaborators.[1] They later hired Leonardo Martin to write another part and when they gave the script to producer Edmondo Amati, he stated that it was alright but wanted the dialogue o be revised by his friend Michael Gazzo.[1] A month later, Gazzo sent him a script that was entirely re-written.[1][5]

De Martino also spoke about Dagmar Lassander, stating that he "cast her in Rome a couple of months before shooting started. She'd just had a baby and I told her she had to lose weight. She said 'Of course, one month's a long time!".[5] When arriving in Albuquerque, she had not lost the weight and De Martino kept her in the film as he would not be able to find a replacement.[5]

Release

Counselor at Crime was released in Italy on August 30, 1973 where it was distributed by Fida Cinematografica.[1] The film grossed a total of 685,486,000 Italian lire in Italy.[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Curti 2013, p. 79.
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
  3. ↑ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.
  4. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  5. 1 2 3 Curti 2013, p. 80.

References

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765. 

See also

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