Street People (film)

Street People is an Italian crime-action film directed in 1976 by Maurizio Lucidi. It was written, among others, by the French Connection 's screenwriter, Ernest Tidyman. It was released in United States by American International Pictures.

Plot

An Anglo-Sicilian hit man and his driver must find out who put a shipment of heroin in a cross sent from Sicily to San Francisco.

Cast

Roger Moore as Ulysses
Stacy Keach as Charlie Hanson
Ivo Garrani as Salvatore Francesco
Fausto Tozzi as Nicoletta
Ennio Balbo as Continenza
Loretta Persichetti as Hannah
Peter Martell as Pano
Luigi Casellato as Pete
Ettore Manni as Bishop Lopetri
Rosemarie Lindt as Salvatore's girlfriend

Production

Street People was filmed at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in San Francisco and Agrigento.

Release

Street People was released theatrically in Italy on 30 March 1976 where it was distributed by Agora Cinematografica. It grossed a total of 458,098,620 Italian lire on its theatrical release.

Reception

The Evening Independent's film critic Jim Moorehead wrote: "The problem is that the story line makes very little sense. Same is true with the editing. Ditto the dialog".