''Blood and Bullets'' (, also known as ''Knell, Bloody Avenger'') is a 1976

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

poliziottesco film written and directed by

Alfonso Brescia Alfonso Brescia (6 January 1930 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He began working in film against his father's wishes, and eventually directed his first film '' Revolt of the Praetorians'' in 1964. Brescia worked i ...

and starring

Jack Palance Walter Jack Palance ( ; born Volodymyr Palahniuk, , ''Volodymyr Ivanovych Palahniuk''; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominat ...

George Eastman George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he ...

and Jenny Tamburi.

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as Duke *

as Dan Caputo aka Knell * Jenny Tamburi as Susan * Robert Giraudo as Captain Jeffrey *

Ugo Bologna Ugo Bologna (11 September 1917 – 29 January 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Milan, the son of a municipal employee and a housewife, in 1936 Bologna started working as a primary school teacher, and in 1939 he atte ...

as Mallory * Jut Grams as Sharp * Nicole Barthelmy as Belle * Renato Montalbano as Looney Toledo * Aldo Cecconi as Agent Owen *

Nello Pazzafini Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum film genre, Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. Life and career Born in Rome from parents originall ...

as Belle's Man * Nick Jordan as Cop at Airport

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''Blood and Bullets'' premiered in Italy on December 11, 1976. It grossed a total of 253,359,230

Italian lire The lira ( , ; : lire, , ) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually fo ...

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* Italian crime films 1976 crime films 1976 films Poliziotteschi films Films directed by Alfonso Brescia Films scored by Alessandro Alessandroni Foreign films set in the United States {{1970s-crime-film-stub

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