Howlers in the Dock (Italian: Urlatori alla sbarra) is a 1960 Italian "musicarello" film directed (and co-written) by Lucio Fulci. It is also known as Howlers of the Dock in some reference books.[1][2] The film was shown on Italian TV under a longer title, Metti, Celentano e Mina...Urlatori alla sbarra.[3]
| Howlers in the Dock | |
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Written by | Giovanni Addessi Lucio Fulci Vittorio Vighi Piero Vivarelli |
| Produced by | Giovanni Addessi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo Erico Menczer |
| Edited by | Gabriele Varriale |
| Music by | Piero Umiliani Chet Baker |
| Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
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The film is a fast-paced musical comedy about a band of teddy boys and rock n' roll chicks, whose crazy, fun-loving habits inspire bitter complaints from their neighbors in the town. A prominent blue jeans company owner feels that the kids' poor reputation adversely affects his product's sales and public image. Prevailing upon the youths to help, he engineers a series of promotional stunts to lighten the public's opinion of these good-hearted rock n rollers and their lovely jeans. An unscrupulous politician makes things difficult for the youngsters, but everything turns out well.
Cast
edit- Joe Sentieri as Joe Il Rosso
- Adriano Celentano as Adriano
- Mina Mazzini as Mina
- Elke Sommer as Giulia Giommarelli
- Chet Baker as Chet
- Mario Carotenuto as Professor Giommarelli
- Turi Pandolfini as Senator Bucci
- Giacomo Furia as On. Gubellini
- Marilù Tolo as Marilù
- Umberto Bindi as "Agonia"
- Corrado Lojacono as Corrado
- Gianni Meccia as "Satan"
- Gorni Kramer as Maestro Bremer
- Enzo Garinei as Carimei
- Sandro Giovannini as Giuseppeni
- Bruno Martino
- Lino Banfi as Leopoldo Cannavone
- I Brutos as a group of shepherds
References
edit- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Thrower, Stephen (1999). Beyond Terror, the films of Lucio Fulci. FAB Press. page 273
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