Editing Cinema of Italy (section)

====Poliziotteschi (1960s–1970s)====
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[[File:Milano calibro 9 (Ugo Piazza).PNG|thumb|''[[Caliber 9]]'' by [[Fernando Di Leo]] (1972)]]
[[Poliziotteschi]] (plural of poliziottesco) films constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', Euro-crime, Italo-crime, spaghetti crime films', or simply Italian crime films.

Influenced by both 1970s [[Gangster film#French gangster films|French crime films]] and gritty 1960s and 1970s American [[Crime thriller|cop films]] and [[vigilante film]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/09/13/violent-italy-a-poliziotteschi-primer|title=Violent Italy: A Poliziotteschi Primer|date=13 September 2015|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> poliziotteschi films were made amidst an atmosphere of [[Anni di piombo|socio-political turmoil in Italy]] and increasing Italian crime rates.

The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, [[car chase]]s, vigilantism, [[heist film|heists]], gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The protagonists were generally tough working-class loners, willing to act outside a corrupt or overly bureaucratic system.<ref name=curti>{{cite book|last1=Curti|first1=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476612089|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VxOAQAAQBAJ&q=poliziesco+poliziotteschi&pg=PA1}}</ref> Notable international actors who acted in this genre of films include [[Alain Delon]], [[Henry Silva]], [[Fred Williamson]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Tomas Milian]] and others.
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