Euro-Crime Double Feature (1972 & 1974) {DVD Review}

Reviewed By Jason Lockard

In the 70s movies were taking a hard turn! Producers, Writers and Directors were pushing the envelope. Bringing more real life drama on film to the masses. Nowhere was this felt more than with Italian films. These films were edgy and violent and felt real! They became so popular that many of the popular film were dubbed in English and given a US theatrical release. 

Now the good folks at Alpha Video has brought us a double feature of these crime dramas. Let's take a look at what is included in this collection entitled, "Euro-Crime Double Feature!"

Our Rating System:
****=Don’t Miss it!
***=Worth a look.
**=An Ok way to spend an evening.
*=You haven’t missed anything.

Crime Boss (1972) Organized crime boss, Don Vincenzo (played by Telly Savalas), takes a young man named Antonio under his wing teaching him the 'business'. Antonio rises to become Don Vincenzo's right hand man, but now Young Antonio wants to move up one more spot in the family. **1/2

Emergency Squad (1974) Ravelli (Tomas Milian) is an Interpool agent who is consumed with the desire to get revenge for his wife's murder. While investigating a heist he realizes the culprit is the same man who killed his wife. Now he will stop at nothing to get that revenge. *** 
 
The cinematography in these films are just beautiful. Though the stories are a little slow at times there is a lot of entertainment in these two film. Spaghetti western fans would know Tomas Milian, but in Emergency Squad he is seamlessly transported into the 70s as a cop. And what a plus to see Telly Savalas in his pre-Kojak days and as a crime boss no less. The audio and video quality of these movies are quite good considering these are Italian English dubbed prints from the early 70s.

So if your a fan of 70s crime dramas, or if you love Telly Savalas as much as do. This is a really nice little double feature. Head over to www.Oldies.com and get a copy for yourself!

Mortal Rating: Violence and Sexual content
Audiences: Adults
Run Time: 187 minutes
DVD Released: 2018
DVD Rating: B-