Tony Arzenta

Tony Arzenta
Italian film poster for Tony Arzenta
Directed by	Duccio Tessari
Produced by	Luciano Martino Alain Delon Raymond Danon^[1]
Screenplay by	Ugo Liberauce Franco Verucci Roberto Gandus^[1]
Story by	Franco Verucci
Starring	Alain Delon Richard Conte Carla Gravina
Music by	Gianni Ferrio^[1]
Cinematography	Silvano Ippoliti^[1]
Edited by	Mario Morra^[1]
Production companies	Mondial Te.Fe Adel Productions^[1]
Distributed by	Titanus (Italy)
Release dates	August 23, 1973 (1973-08-23) (France) September 7, 1973 (1973-09-07) (Italy)
Running time	113 minutes^[1]
Country	Italy France^[1]
Box office	₤1.945 billion (Italy) 866,746 admissions (France)^[2]

Tony Arzenta (internationally released as Big Guns and No Way Out) is a 1973 Italian noir film directed by Duccio Tessari. The film had a good commercial success.^[3]

Plot

The hitman Tony Arzenta, after deciding to get out of the business, witnesses the killing of his wife and daughter. Afterwards, he takes revenge^[4] on a journey that takes him both to Hamburg and Copenhagen.^[5]

Cast

Alain Delon: Tony Arzenta
Richard Conte: Nick Gusto
Carla Gravina: Sandra
Marc Porel: Domenico Maggio
Roger Hanin: Carré
Nicoletta Machiavelli: Anna Arzenta
Lino Troisi: Rocco Cutitta
Silvano Tranquilli: Montani, the Interpol officer
Corrado Gaipa: Arzenta's Father
Umberto Orsini: Isnello, Gusto's right-hand man
Giancarlo Sbragia: Luca Dennino
Erika Blanc: The prostitute
Ettore Manni: Gesmundo, the sauna owner
Loredana Nusciak: Gesmundo's Lover
Rosalba Neri: Cutitta's Wife
Maria Pia Conte: Carré's Secretary
Anton Diffring: Hans Grunwald
Alberto Farnese: The Man who meets Carré in the nightclub

Release

Tony Arzenta was released in France on August 23, 1973.^[6] The film was released in Italy on September 7, 1973 where it was distributed by Titanus.^[1] It grossed a total of 1,945,982,000 Italian lire on its release.^[1]

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curti 2013, p. 72.
↑ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
↑ Roberto Chiesi. Alain Delon. Gremese Editore, 2002.
↑ American Film Institute, Center for Understanding Media, University of Southern California. Division of Cinema. Filmfacts , Volumi 16-20.
↑ "No Way Out (1973)". Chris's Cult Cataloque (in Danish). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ "Tony Arzenta" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved November 29, 2015.

References

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.

External links

Tony Arzenta at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Duccio Tessari

My Son, the Hero (1962)
Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1963)
Secret of the Sphinx (1965)
Una voglia da morire (1965)
A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
The Return of Ringo (1965)
Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang (1966)
Per amore... per magia... (1967)
Better a Widow (1968)
Sons of Satan (1968)
Sundance and the Kid (1969)
La morte risale a ieri sera (1970)
Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971)
Long Live Your Death (1971)
Winged Devils (1972)
The Heroes (1973)
Tony Arzenta / Big guns (1973)
Puzzle (1974)
Three Tough Guys (1974)
Zorro (1975)
Safari Express (1976)
La madama (1976)
The Fifth Commandment (1978)
Tex e il signore degli abissi (1985)
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1989)
Beyond Justice (1992)

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