Street People (film)

Street People
US film poster
ItalianGli esecutori
Directed byMaurizio Lucidi
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Gianfranco Bucceri
  • Roberto Leoni[1]
Produced by
  • Manolo Bolognini
  • Luigi Borghese[1]
Starring
CinematographyAiace Parolin[1]
Edited byRenzo Lucidi[1]
Music byLuis Enriquez Bacalov[1]
Production
company
Aetos Produzioni[1]
Distributed byAgora Cinematografica
Release date
  • 30 March 1976 (1976-03-30) (Italy)
Running time
105 minutes (Italy)[1]
92 minutes (US)[3]
CountryItaly[1]
Box office₤458,098 million

Street People (Italian: Gli esecutori, lit. 'The Executors', also released as The Sicilian Cross) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco[1] film directed and co-written by Maurizio Lucidi. It stars Roger Moore as a mob lawyer and Stacy Keach as his sidekick, a racecar driver, who are tasked with investigating a drug shipment.[4] The cast also features Ivo Garrani, Fausto Tozzi, and Ettore Manni. The music score was composed by Luis Enriquez Bacalov.

Plot

Ulysses is the nephew and consigliere of San Francisco mafia don Salvatore Francesco. The Don sponsors the import of a large, priceless crucifix from his hometown in Sicily. However, seemingly unbeknownst to him, the crucifix has been used to smuggle heroin, which is later stolen while in transit. Don Salvatore tasks his nephew with uncovering who planted the drugs and who stole them, and Ulisse teams up with racecar driver friend Charlie for the investigation.

Cast

Production

Street People was filmed at Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome and on-location in San Francisco and Agrigento, Sicily.[1][5] The script was written by, among others, The French Connection screenwriter and Shaft creator Ernest Tidyman;[4] and future Grease director Randal Kleiser.

Release

Street People was released theatrically in Italy on 30 March 1976 where it was distributed by Agora Cinematografica.[1][5] It grossed a total of 458,098,620 Italian lire on its theatrical release.[5]

In the United States, it was distributed by American International Pictures,[6] who cut 13 minutes from the runtime.[3]

Reception

The Evening Independent's film critic Jim Moorehead wrote: "The problem [of the film] is that the story line makes very little sense. Same is true with the editing. Ditto the dialog".[2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curti 2013, p. 197.
  2. 1 2 Jim Moorhead (December 7, 1976). "Street People' A Pizza Pap". The Evening Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 Street People Blu-ray (Gli esecutori). Retrieved 2026-07-23 – via www.blu-ray.com.
  4. 1 2 "Street People' Set For Release". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 31, 1976. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Curti 2013, p. 198.
  6. ↑ "Crime film due". The Sun. July 25, 1976. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2012.

References

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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