The Last Desperate Hours

Nov 28, 1974

1h 30m

★ 6.0

Overview

Paolo Mancuso is a gang boss whose rivals want dead. During a failed assassination attempt, he is bitten by an infected lab rat. In the short time he has left to live, he tracks down his enemies and kills them one by one.

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Cristina Cinematografica

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Cast

Paolo Mancuso

Antonio Sabàto

Laura Monachesi

Silvia Monti

The Inspector

Pier Paolo Capponi

Lidia Mancuso

Nicoletta Rizzi

Dario Lippi

Fred Williams

Gino

Mario Donen

Bellyache

Toni Ucci

Maraschi

Peter Carsten

School Teacher

Melù Valente

Inspector's Assistant

Giulio Baraghini

Pino

Bruno Di Luia

Doctor

Nando Marineo

Michael considers himself a genius criminal and plans the big coup. He forms three new gangs who know nothing about each other and each only know part of his plan. In the background Michael pulls the strings and mercilessly plays the actors on his stage against each other. This strategy also poses unsolvable problems for the police until something goes wrong and the house of cards collapses.

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Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. The foul foursome embark on a savage rape, murder, and robbery spree. Vitali even abducts and defiles frightened hapless lass Giuliana Caroli. Meanwhile, rugged police inspector Giulio Santini is determined to bag the despicable Vitali.

6.5

Gang War in Milan

Feb 21, 1973

A Milan pimp faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite organized crime in Italy.

4.0

Special Killers

Aug 11, 1973

Sandro, a detective, finds his wife strangled. His girl-friend Tiffany, who works as photographer, makes a "Blow up" from a photo, what Sandro finds beside the victim. Sandro and Tiffany are looking for the woman on the photo, Laura. They finds her in a Night Club in Rome...

3.0

Police Intervene in the House of Love

Oct 8, 1978

Three young hobby archeologists witness a satanic ritual in a secluded villa. Instead of helping poor female victims they decide to secretly document the events.

0.0

Big Pot

Jun 15, 1976

A gang of robbers takes possession of a load of diamonds.. Only one of them, Mark Lemmon, is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. But before being captured, the gangster had managed to hide the loot in a sewer. Five years later, Mackenzie, an insurer, pretending to be a mafia boss, assigns three petty criminals to arrange his escape. Once free, Lemmon finds the booty but now he has to deal with his new 'partners'.

6.6

The Police Serve the Citizens?

Sep 6, 1973

In Genoa, the Commissioner Sironi has identified the leader of the ferocious racket that controls the port activities. But the law restrains his action.

6.7

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

Oct 10, 1976

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.

6.5

Crime on a Summer Morning

Feb 17, 1965

An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. Things go along swimmingly until various tensions within the group come to the fore.

4.5

Redneck

Feb 2, 1973

Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take another unaware that there is a teenager hiding in the back. As the flight becomes more frantic, the young man is discovered, upsetting the balance of the thieves.

6.6

Street Law

Sep 17, 1974

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.

6.5

Violent Naples

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Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.

7.0

Colt 38 Special Squad

Jul 24, 1976

The city of Turin is in the grip of a brutal crime boss known as "Il Marsigliese" and plenty of cops have good cause to want him dead — none more than Inspector Vanni, whose wife was murdered by the ruthless gangster. Having exhausted every other avenue, Vanni forms a crack squad of motorcycle-riding, Colt .38-toting elite officers, tasked with meting out justice on the margins of the law. But when "Il Marsigliese" launches a bombing campaign designed to extort a vast ransom from the city's authorities, Vanni finds himself in a race against time to exact his revenge and avert disaster.

3.8

Human Cobras

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6.8

Confessions of a Police Captain

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5.9

Shadows in an Empty Room

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5.2

Seagulls Fly Low

Nov 1, 1978

An ex-Vietnam vet is forced to become a hit-man and gets caught in the middle of a conspiracy.

6.5

Shadows Unseen

Mar 24, 1972

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6.3

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

Apr 15, 1972

Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a murder being feebly staged to look like a car accident. Carlo takes incriminating shots of the murderers (the victim turns out to be the local public prosecutor) and attempts to sell them to various interested parties, including a gangster and a newspaper owner. One of the murderers' accomplices, a lowlife criminal, is gunned down by a black-gloved assassin, while another is stabbed to death...

5.9

Manhunt in the City

May 8, 1975

A man's daughter is killed by thieves during a bank robbery. Due to the incompetence of the corrupt authorities, he decides to take to law into his own hands and track down the killers.