''Season for Assassins'' ( it, Il tempo degli assassini, also known as ''The Time of the Assassin'' and ''Mad Men'') is a

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Italian poliziottesco-

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

written and directed by

Marcello Andrei Marcello Andrei (born 1922) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Andrei started his career in the early 1950s as assistant director, then he made his directorial debut in 1956 with ''Borung'', a documentary film set in Ind ...

Cast

Joe Dallesandro Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro III (born December 31, 1948) is an American actor and Warhol superstar. Having also crossed over into mainstream roles such as mobster Lucky Luciano in the film '' The Cotton Club'', Dallesandro was a sex symbol of g ...

as Piero Giaranaldi *

Martin Balsam Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New Y ...

as Commissioner Catrone * Magali Noel as Rossana * Rossano Brazzi as Father Eugenio *

Guido Leontini Guido Leontini (21 March 1927 – 26 April 1996) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Catania into a family of actors, Leontini debuted on stage in the post-World War II era, specializing in the Luigi Pirande ...

as Brigadeer

Production

Filmed at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Rome.

Release

''Season for Assassins'' was released in Italy on December 27, 1975 where it was distributed by Agora. The film grossed a total of 354,087,000 lire on its theatrical release.

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* 1970s Italian-language films Poliziotteschi films 1970s action films 1975 crime drama films Films directed by Marcello Andrei Films shot in Rome 1975 films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-crime-film-stub