The Last Desperate Hours (Italian: Milano: il clan dei calabresi) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Giorgio Stegani.
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Cast
Antonio Sabàto: Paolo Mancuso
Silvia Monti: Laura Monachesi
Pier Paolo Capponi: Police Commissioner
Nicoletta Rizzi: Lidia Mancuso
Toni Ucci: Ugo Merenda
Peter Carsten: Maraschi
Production
The film was shot on location in Milan and in Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome.
Release
The Last Desperate Hours was released in Italy on November 29, 1974, where it was distributed by the Overseas Film Company. It grossed a total of 560.728 million Italian lire on its release.
Reception
In his book Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980, Roberto Curti noted that "the sociological ambitions end up in excruciating banalities, such as the confrontation between Mancuso and his poor but honest wife (Nicoletta Rizzi)"
The score by Gianni Marchetti was re-used partially in the films Emanuelle's Revenge by Joe D'Amato and SS Girls by Bruno Mattei.