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1995·Crime·1h 36m
7.1
Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean getaway.
Directed by Mario Bava
robbery
rape
kidnapping
getaway car
gang
slasher
killer
road movie
unreleased

Cast

Riccardo Cucciolla
Riccardo Cucciolla
Riccardo
Don Backy
Don Backy
Bisturi
Lea Lander
Lea Lander
Greta Garbo
Maurice Poli
Maurice Poli
Dottore
George Eastman
George Eastman
Trentadue
Marisa Fabbri
Marisa Fabbri
Maria
Erika Dario
Erika Dario
Marisa
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Impiegato
Gustavo De Nardo
Gustavo De Nardo
Benzinaio
Emilio Bonucci
Emilio Bonucci
Tassista
Ettore Manni
Ettore Manni
Direttore Banca
Mario Pascucci
Mario Pascucci
Paymaster (uncredited)

Crew

Mario Bava
Mario Bava
Director
Mario Bava
Mario Bava
Screenplay
Stelvio Cipriani
Stelvio Cipriani
Original Music Composer
Carlo Reali
Carlo Reali
Editor
Mario Bava
Mario Bava
Director of Photography
Lamberto Bava
Lamberto Bava
Producer
Mario Bava
Mario Bava
Story
Lea Lander
Lea Lander
Post-Production Manager
Lamberto Bava
Lamberto Bava
Assistant Director

Popular Reviews

42 reviews
Isysauro
IsysauroPRO
Rabid Dogs
Mezza stella in più per il finale
Mezza stella in più per il finale
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Gius3rr
Gius3rrPRO
Rabid Dogs
???????????ho buttato 1h30
???????????ho buttato 1h30
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Alessandro Falciani
Alessandro Falciani
Rabid Dogs
Con 4 lire e qualche barattolo di pomodoro il nostro Marione, ancora un volta, è avanti di vent’anni!
Cani arrabbiati” ispirerà tremendamente Tarantino con “Reservoir Dogs” (1992).
Con 4 lire e qualche barattolo di pomodoro il nostro Marione, ancora un volta, è avanti di vent’anni!
Cani arrabbiati” ispirerà tremendamente Tarantino con “Reservoir Dogs” (1992).
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Joao rodrigues
Rabid Dogs
Brutal. It is an anomaly in Bava’s filmography, the closest to it being The Whip and the Body, but Rabid Dogs strips that film of its formal rigor snd just makes it ugly. The tension is tunneled and through close-ups of sweaty faces and weird angles in the claustrophobic space that is a car. It is a true thriller, genuinely so tense, every moment is building up towards something. The close-ups on Lea Lander’s face are particularly entrancing, her eyes just seem to be in another world - it is true terror. Maurice Poli’s moral ambiguity is also quite terrifying, specially since his character is the one with the gun, and that is amplified theough Bava’s lens. A masterclass of building tension, and it is a shame this is an outlier in Bava’s filmography, because I could do with 10 more of these.
Brutal. It is an anomaly in Bava’s filmography, the closest to it being The Whip and the Body, but Rabid Dogs strips that film of its formal rigor snd just makes it ugly. The tension is tunneled and through close-ups of sweaty faces and weird angles in the claustrophobic space that is a car. It is a true thriller, genuinely so tense, every moment is building up towards something. The close-ups on Lea Lander’s face are particularly entrancing, her eyes just seem to be in another world - it is true terror. Maurice Poli’s moral ambiguity is also quite terrifying, specially since his character is the one with the gun, and that is amplified theough Bava’s lens. A masterclass of building tension, and it is a shame this is an outlier in Bava’s filmography, because I could do with 10 more of these.
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Biandi
Biandi
Rabid Dogs
Mario Bava sei dio
Mario Bava sei dio
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