Violent City

Violent City
Italian film poster by Tino Avelli
ItalianCittà violenta
Directed bySergio Sollima
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAldo Tonti
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
  • Unidis
  • Fono Roma
  • Jolly Film
  • Universal Productions France
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 17 September 1970 (1970-09-17) (Italy)
  • 16 October 1970 (1970-10-16) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageEnglish
Box office950.623 million

Violent City (Italian: Città violenta, also released as The Family) is a 1970 crime thriller film directed by Sergio Sollima from a screenplay co-written with Lina Wertmüller, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, and Telly Savalas. Bronson plays a former hitman framed by a former boss and left for dead. He seeks revenge, but realizes his real enemy may be closer than he thinks. The Italian-French co-production was filmed in New Orleans, the U.S Virgin Islands, and Cinecittà Studios in Rome.