Street People (film)

Street People (Italian: Gli esecutori, also known as The Executors and The Sicilian Cross) is an Italian crime-action film directed in 1976 by Maurizio Lucidi.^[2] It was written, among others, by the French Connection 's screenwriter, Ernest Tidyman.^[3] It was released in United States by American International Pictures.^[4]

Street People
Directed by	Maurizio Lucidi
Screenplay by	Ernest Tidyman Randal Kleiser Gianfranco Bucceri Roberto Leoni Nicola Badalucco Maurizio Lucidi[1]
Story by	Gianfranco Bucceri Roberto Leoni[1]
Produced by	Manolo Bolognini Luigi Borghese[1]
Starring	Roger Moore Stacy Keach Ivo Garrani Fausto Tozzi
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin[1]
Edited by	Renzo Lucidi[1]
Music by	Luis Enriquez Bacalov[1]
Production company	Aetos Produzioni[1]
Distributed by	Agora Cinematografica
Release date	30 March 1976 (1976-03-30) (Italy)
Running time	105 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤458,098 million

Plot

An Anglo-Sicilian hit man and his driver must find out who put a shipment of heroin in a cross sent from Sicily to San Francisco.

Cast

• Roger Moore as Ulysses
• Stacy Keach as Charlie Hanson
• Ivo Garrani as Salvatore Francesco
• Fausto Tozzi as Nicoletta
• Ennio Balbo as Continenza
• Loretta Persichetti as Hannah
• Peter Martell as Pano
• Luigi Casellato as Pete
• Ettore Manni as Bishop Lopetri
• Rosemarie Lindt as Salvatore's girlfriend

Production

Street People was filmed at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in San Francisco and Agrigento.^[1][5]

Release

Street People was released theatrically in Italy on 30 March 1976 where it was distributed by Agora Cinematografica.^[1][5] It grossed a total of 458,098,620 Italian lire on its theatrical release.^[5]

Reception

The Evening Independent's film critic Jim Moorehead wrote: "The problem [of the film] is that the story line makes very little sense. Same is true with the editing. Ditto the dialog".^[3]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1976