Frame Up

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Frame Up
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed byEmilio Miraglia
Screenplay by
Story byMassimo De Rita[1]
Produced byFelice Testa Gay[1]
Starring
CinematographyErico Menczer[1]
Edited bySergio Montanari[1]
Music byRobby Poitevin[1]
Production
companies
  • Cinegai
  • Jolly Film[1]
Distributed byUnidis
Release date
  • 13 April 1968 (1968-04-13) (Italy)
Running time
93 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]
LanguagesItalian
English
Box office₤397.4 million

Frame Up (Italian: Quella carogna dell'ispettore Sterling/ transl: 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[edit]

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[edit]

Production[edit]

Frame Up was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in San Francisco.[1]

Release[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Curti 2013, p. 21.
  2. ^ Poppi & Pecorari 2007, p. ??.
  3. ^ Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
  4. ^ a b Curti 2013, p. 22.
  5. ^ a b c Curti 2013, p. 23.

References[edit]

  • 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.

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