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Highway Racer (originally titled Poliziotto sprint) is a 1977 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi. It was the first collaboration between Massi and Maurizio Merli, who worked together in six titles between 1977 and 1980.
The plot of the film was partly inspired by the career of Armando Spatafora, an Italian "flying squad" police officer whose patrol car was a Ferrari 250 GTE. Many car chases in the film, such as bank robbers in a Citroen DS as well as cars rolling down the Spanish steps, mirror famous police chases in Rome during the 1960s.
Original Release
10/19/1977
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maurizio Merli | Marco Palma |
Giancarlo Sbragia | Maresciallo Tagliaferri |
Angelo Infanti | il Nizzardo / Jean-Paul Dossena |
Lilli Carati | Francesca |
Glauco Onorato | Pistone |
Orazio Orlando | Silicato |
Gaetano Balestrieri | (as Gaetano Balistreri) |
Rosario Borelli | Maresciallo Bresciani - the car repairer |
Tullio Casarino | |
Paolo Casella |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maurizio Merli | Marco Palma |
Giancarlo Sbragia | Maresciallo Tagliaferri |
Angelo Infanti | il Nizzardo / Jean-Paul Dossena |
Lilli Carati | Francesca |
Glauco Onorato | Pistone |
Orazio Orlando | Silicato |
Gaetano Balestrieri | (as Gaetano Balistreri) |
Rosario Borelli | Maresciallo Bresciani - the car repairer |
Tullio Casarino | |
Paolo Casella | |
Vito Domenighini | (as Vito Gabriele Domenighini) |
Vittorio Fanfoni | Dossena's Man |
Tom Felleghy | The Customer in the Car Showroom |
Manfred Freyberger | Questore |
Claudio Giorgi | |
Mario Granato | Dossena's Man |
Michelangelo Jurlaro | (as Michelangelo Iurlaro) |
Giuseppe Ruschini | (as Giuseppe Moschini) |
Mimmo Poli | Peppone - the informer |
Francesco Anniballi | Policeman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Giovanni Di Clemente | Producer |