Revolver (1973)

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Oliver Reed

Vito Cipriani

Fabio Testi

Milo Ruiz

Paola Pitagora

Carlotta

Agostina Belli

Anna Cipriani

Frédéric de Pasquale

Michel Granier
(as Frederic de Pasquale)

Marc Mazza

Bald Police Inspector

Reinhard Kolldehoff

French Lawyer
(as René Kolldehoff)

Bernard Giraudeau

Sicilian Kidnapper

Peter Berling

Grappa

Alexander Stephan

Jean-Daniel Auger
(as Gunnar Warner)

Daniel Beretta

Al Niko

Calisto Calisti

Maresciallo Fantuzzi

Steffen Zacharias

Joe Le Corse
(as Steffen Zaccarias)

Michel Bardinet

French Policeman

Sal Borgese

Suicidal Prisoner
(as Sal Borghese)

Giovanni Pallavicino

Moustached Sicilian Kidnapper

Giacomo De Michelis

Amato Garbini

Fake Passport Maker

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Trivia
In one scene Oliver Reed was supposed to unlock Fabio Testi's handcuffs and drag him out of the car but Oliver couldn't get the small keys to fit in the cuffs. After 3 takes he got frustrated and threw the keys which happened to fall into a sewer drain. Fabio was left in handcuffs for two hours before more keys could be located.

Errores
In one scene Fabio Testi's character refers to Paola Pitagora's character as Paola instead of Carlotta.

Citas
Vito Cipriani: If you do anything to her, I won't report you, I'll kill you. I'll kill you even if I have to chase you to the ends of the Earth!

Créditos curiosos
In the Italian and French versions of the opening credits, the film's theme song, "Un Ami", is sung in French by Daniel Beretta, while the International version uses an instrumental version of the song.

Versiones alternativas
The French version is 39 seconds shorter than the Italian and International versions, and removes two brief moments:
Milo commenting on the Sicilian kidnappers' "thorough sweep" of the area prior to taking his and Vito's pictures.
Vito telling the French police that he is being set up as a lunatic by the kidnappers to discredit his statements.

Conexiones
Featured in Revolver: Calling the Shots (2002)

Bandas sonoras
Un Ami
Music by Ennio Morricone (as Morricone)
Lyrics by Alberto Bevilacqua (as Bevilacqua) and Catherine Desage (as Desage)
Performed by Daniel Beretta

Great Performances and Score Make the Film

Revolver (1973)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Oliver Reed plays Vito Cipriani, a cop turned prison warden who gets a phone call on day telling him that his wife has been kidnapped. If he wants to see his wife again he must help Milo Ruiz (Fabio Testi) escape from prison. The warden and convict manage to get away from the cops but soon they are both trying to figure out who kidnapped the wife.

REVOLVER has two great lead performances as well as a marvelous score by Ennio Morricone but there are all sorts of issues with the screenplay that keep it from being a much better film. I thought the story itself was rather weak and there just wasn't enough here to carry the 110-minute running time, which led the film to running out of gas towards the final act. Unlike a lot of EuroCrime pictures, this one here doesn't have a great amount of action and instead goes for more character development.

I thought the character development was handled quite well and it works because we've got two great actors turning in great performances. Reed is pitch perfect as the warden who soon finds himself willing to turn on his darker side if it means he gets his wife back. I really liked the frantic way Reed played the character and he didn't have to go over the top. Testi gave a very good performance as well and I thought the two had great chemistry together. The screenplay offers both actors some emotional scenes and they both pulled them off wonderfully.

As I said, the performances and the brilliant score make the film worth watching but I really wish there was more to the story than what we got. What action scenes are here are well directed by Sergio Sollima. REVOLVER falls just short of being a good film but it's certainly worth watching.