Frame Up
- Massimo De Rita
- Dino Maiuri[1]
- Henry Silva
- Beba Lončar
- Keenan Wynn
companies
- Cinegai
- Jolly Film[1]
- 13 April 1968 (1968-04-13) (Italy)
English
Frame Up (Italian: Quella carogna dell'ispettore Sterling, literally: "That Bastard Inspector Sterling") is a 1968 Italian noir-crime film directed by Emilio Miraglia and starring Henry Silva, Beba Lončar and Keenan Wynn.[2][page needed] In 1971, the American edit was shortened by several minutes and released as The Falling Man.[3]
Plot
A police inspector's son is killed by a gang of thieves and is accused of having killed a police informer. After being kicked out of the police department, the inspector must discover the truth on his own.
Cast
- Henry Silva as Inspector Sterling
- Beba Lončar as Janet
- Keenan Wynn as Police Commissioner Donald
- Carlo Palmucci as Gary
- Pier Paolo Capponi as O'Neil
- Luciano Rossi as Joseph Randolph
- Larry Dolgin as Kelly
- Charlene Polite as Anne
- Bob Molden as Rocky
Production
Frame Up was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in San Francisco.[1]
Release
Frame Up was released theatrically in Italy on 13 April 1968 where it was distributed by Unidis.[1] The film grossed a total of 397,425,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run.[1] The film circulated in various edited forms on its initial release.[4] The European version is about Sterling's quest to find a man who murdered his son and framed him for shooting an informant.[4] It is dramatised through flashbacks that lead up to the murder.[5] The American edit of the film was distributed through Heritage Enterprises in 1971 and re-titled The Falling Man which runs at 85 minutes.[1][5] The edit changes the story and has a new English-language dub and a new score by Marcel Lawler.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Curti 2013, p. 21.
- ^ Poppi & Pecorari 2007, p. ??.
- ^ Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- ^ a b Curti 2013, p. 22.
- ^ a b c Curti 2013, p. 23.
References
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- Poppi, Roberto; Pecorari, Mario (2007). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-8884405036.
External links
- Frame Up at IMDb
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