Sexycop

Sexycop (Italian: La Madama) 1976 Italian crime comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru.[2][3]

"La Madama" redirects here. For the border settlement on the northeast frontier of Niger, see Madama. For the Italian association football club often known by this nickname, see Juventus F.C.
Sexycop
Directed byDuccio Tessari
Produced byGiorgio Venturini[1]
Screenplay by
Based on
La Madama
by
  • Massimo Felisatti
  • Fabio Pittorru
Starring
Music byManuel De Sica[1]
CinematographyGiulio Albonico[1]
Edited byMario Morra[1]
Production
company
Filmes Cinematographica[1]
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 16 January 1976 (1976-01-16) (Italy)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]

Cast

Production

Sexycop was based on the novel La Madama written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru.[1] The term Madama itself, was a Rome-based slang for Italy's mobile police, similar to the English slang "the fuzz".[1] The book was the third in a series of novels and was adapted to film by director Duccio Tessari who turned the film into more of a comedy oriented film.[1]

Release

Sexycop was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 16 January 1976.[1] It grossed a total of 173,627,420 Italian lire domestically.[1] The film has also been released as La Madama l'agente Minchiello e il caso Patacchioni.[1] Italian film historian Roberto Curti described the Italian box office as "disappointing".[1]

Reception

Curti stated that contemporary critics "ravaged the film".[1] Corriere della Sera's Renato Palazzo found the film to be closer to "the childish comic-adventure series starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill" noting that "this formula has been frayed for a long time."[1] Orio Caldiron of La Rivista del cinematografo stated that although Tessari has never been a master filmmaker, wondered how far he could have lost his way with the film.[4]

See also

References
  1. Curti 2013, p. 194.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
  3. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  4. Caldiron, Orio (May 1976). "La Madama". La Rivista del cinematografo. No. 5. p. 205.

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


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