''Calling All Police Cars'' (, literally "...To All the Police Cars") is a 1975 Italian

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film. It stars Antonio Sabàto,

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and

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. The film is very graphic for its time, with excessive gore and nudity. The screenplay was based on a novel called ''Violenza a Roma'' by Massimo Felisatti.

Plot

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, Italy mid-70s. The sixteen-year-old daughter of a famous Roman surgeon is found dead in Lake Albano. The police suspect a pervert named Enrico Tummoli. After following one of the girl's classmates named Carla, the police discover an underage sex trafficking ring led by Dutchman Franz Hekker and an ex-government official. The gynecologist who was performing abortions for Hekker winds up dead with his throat slashed. Next Carla is murdered, as well as the pervert Tummoli who was blackmailing the murderer.Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 137.

Cast

* Antonio Sabàto: Fernando Solmi *

: Carraro *

: Professor Icardi *

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: Professor Giacometti *

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: Enrico Tummoli * Luciana Paluzzi: Giovanna Nunziante * Bedy Moratti: Signora Icardi *

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: Carla * Adriana Falco: Fiorella *

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: Commissario * Margherita Horowitz: Antonietta *

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: the gynecologist * Andrea Lala: Attardi *

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: Franz Pagano *

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: una signora alla villa *

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: una prostituta alla villa

References

External links

* 1975 films 1970s Italian-language films Poliziotteschi films 1975 crime films Films scored by Lallo Gori 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub