Days of Fire

Days of Fire (Italian: Gangsters '70) is a 1968 Italian crime-thriller film written and directed by Mino Guerrini.^[2][3][4]

Days of Fire
Directed by	Mino Guerrini
Screenplay by	Adriano Baracco Fernando Di Leo Mino Guerrini[1]
Story by	Adriano Baracco Fernando Di Leo Mino Guerrini[1]
Produced by	Benito Pertaccini[1]
Starring	Joseph Cotten Franca Polesello Giulio Brogi
Cinematography	Franco Delli Colli[1]
Edited by	Enzo Micarelli[1]
Music by	Egisto Macchi[1]
Production company	Bema Film[1]
Distributed by	I.N.D.I.E.F.
Release date	30 April 1968 (1968-04-30) (Italy)
Running time	110 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤83,977 million

Premise

After being released from prison, elderly Destil plans a heist to secure a peaceful retirement. He forms a gang and attempts to steal a briefcase full of diamonds, but another group of criminals catches onto his plan.

Cast

• Joseph Cotten as Fabio Destil
• Franca Polesello as Franca
• Giulio Brogi as Rudy
• Giampiero Albertini as Sempre si
• Bruno Corazzari as Affattato
• Dennis Patrick Kilbane as Biochemist
• Jean Louis as Affatato's accomplice
• Milly Vitale as Anna
• Franco Ressel as Passenger
• Linda Sini

Production

Days of Fire was written by Fernando Di Leo under the title Elegia in un cimitero d'asfalto o Il sol nero (lit. 'Elegy in an Asphalt Cemetery or Black Sun)'.^[1]

Release

Days of Fire was distributed theatrically in Italy by I.N.D.I.E.F. on 30 April 1968.^[1] The film grossed a total of 83,977,000 Italian lire domestically.^[1] Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the movie was "unnoticed before critics and audiences alike".^[5] Curti stated the film was not re-discovered until the late 1990s.^[5]

The film has been released as Gangsters '70 and Days of Fire.^[1] It was released in Canada on VHS by the UVI label in Italian.^[1]