Comandamenti per un gangster

1968 film

Alfio Caltabiano
Dario Argento

Story by

Alfio Caltabiano
Dario Argento

Produced bySalvatore Argento^[2]Starring

Ljuba Tadic
Alfio Caltabiano
Dante Maggio

CinematographyMilorad Markovic^[2]Edited byEugenio Alabiso^[2]Music byEnnio Morricone

Production
companies

Triumph Film 67
Prodi Cinematografica
Avala Film^[2]

Distributed byD.C.I.

Release dates

22 May 1968 (1968-05-22) (Italy)
1968 (1968) (Yugoslavia)

Running time

96 minutes^[1]Countries

Italy
Yugoslavia^[1]

Box office₤106.073 million

Comandamenti per un gangster (Commandments for a Gangster) is a 1968 gangster film directed by Alfio Caltabiano

Production

Comandamenti per un gangster was Alfio Caltabiano's second film as a director.^[1] It was co-written by film critic and future director Dario Argento.^[1] The films script showcases several traits that would later become part of Argento's directorial career.^[1] This includes an unseen murderer with black gloves, shots from a murderer's point of view and having the murderer being identified by a physical detail, a scar on his face.^[1] The film was shot on location in Yugoslavia.^[1]

Release

Comandamenti per un gangster was released in Italy on 22 May 1968 where it was distributed by D.C.I.^[1] It grossed a total of 106.073 million Italian lire on its release.^[1] It was released in Yugoslavia as Poslednji obracun in 1968.^[1]

Reception

In a contemporary review, Pietro Bianchi wrote in Il Giorno that the film was "a skillful attempt at applying the Western formula to the Gangster movie trappings"^[1]^[3]