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11/03/1976 Action, Crime, Drama 1h 34m
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The Cop in Blue Jeans...is dressed to kill.

Overview

A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.

  1. Bruno Corbucci

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Tomas Milian

    Nico Giraldi

  2. Jack Palance

    Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo

  3. Maria Rosaria Omaggio

    Silvia Cattani

  4. Guido Mannari

    Achille "Baronetto" Bertinari

  5. Jack La Cayenne

    Colombo

  6. Raf Luca

    Brigadier Gargiulo

  7. Benito Stefanelli

    Shelley's Henchman

  8. Toni Ucci

    Lando "Grottaferrata" Rossi

  9. Marcello Martana

    Marshal Trentini

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-12-07
***Roman Serpico, sort of***

Released in 1976, “The Cop in Blue Jeans” is a loner-cop thriller in the mold of “Dirty Harry” (1971) and “Serpico” (1973). The titular protagonist even looks like Serpico. The difference is that this is an Italian production directed & co-written by Bruno Corbucci. The plot revolves around an undercover cop named Nico Giraldi (Tomas Milian) who arrests several thugs of the purse snatching variety and zeroes-in on the mastermind of the ring (Jack Palance).

The Italian title is “Squadra Antiscippo,” which means “Swindle Squad” and I assume ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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