Syndicate Sadists
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Plot
Milián plays Rambo, an ex-cop who seeks revenge against two powerful crime families who were responsible for the murder of his friend.
Cast
- Tomas Milian as Rambo
- Joseph Cotten as Paternò
- Adolfo Lastretti as Ciccio Paternò
- Mario Piave as Pino Scalia
- Maria Fiore as Maria Scalia
- Duilio Cruciani as Luigino Scalia
- Silvano Tranquilli as Eng. Marco Marsili
- Evelyn Stewart as wife of Eng. Marsili
- Alessandro Cocco as Giampiero Marsili
Production
The film predates Ted Kotcheff's First Blood, the film which introduced audiences to the John Rambo of David Morrell by seven years. Tomas Milian happened to read David Morrell's novel while flying from the U.S. to Rome. Loving the story he tried to talk some Italian producers into making a film out of it, with him starring as John Rambo. Nothing came of this, but he was allowed to use the Rambo moniker in the next poliziottesco he starred in.[1] The film does not borrow elements from the novel, with Lenzi stating he was more influenced by Don Siegel's crime films.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ida Galli took a role in the film when her real-life son Alessandro Cocco was cast as a kidnap victim.
Release
Syndicate Sadists was released in Italy on August 16, 1975 where it was distributed by Medusa.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It grossed 1,451,703,190 Italian lire.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Film historian Roberto Curti described it as a "huge hit in Italy".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Syndicate Sadists was released in the United States by Sam Sherman's Independent International.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It was released in the United States titles Rambo's Revenge and on home video as Final Payment.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It has been released as One Just Man in the United Kingdom.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The unrated American DVD of the film is missing two minutes of footage: a scene where the mother of the kidnapped boy comes home and Paterno's henchmen searching for Rambo in a pub, and two reaction shots.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Footnotes
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References
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External links
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